Kevin Deshan Mabry v. L. Newton

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WESTERN DIVISION

10 11 12 KEVIN DESHAN MABRY Case No. 2:19-cv-10445-JLS (AFM) 13 Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

v. 14 WITH LEAVE TO AMEND 15 L. NEWTON, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 On November 18, 2019, plaintiff, a state prisoner acting pro se, filed this civil 19 rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the Southern District of California. 20 (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff signed the Complaint on November 12, 2019. (Id. at 9.) The 21 action was transferred to the Central District on December 17, 2019, where venue is 22 proper. (ECF No. 3-4.) In his Complaint, plaintiff names as defendants Officer 23 McVay, Sergeant Flores, Sergeant Ellis, Lieutenant Coy, Officer Newton, and 24 Officer Purdy, all in their individual and official capacities. (ECF No. 1 at 2-3.) 25 Plaintiff seeks monetary damages. (Id. at 9.) 26 Plaintiff filed a Request to Proceed Without Prepayment of Filing Fees 27 (“Request”), which initially was incomplete. (See ECF Nos. 2, 7, 9, 15-18.) On…