Brayan Martin Meza v. Dean Borders

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United States District Court, Central District of CaliforniaMarch 19, 20202:19-cv-10295California1,110 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRAYAN MARTIN MEZA, Case No. 2:19-cv-10295-FMO-KES

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER DIS MISSING ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

DEAN BORDERS, et al., FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

Defendants.

I.

BACKGROUND

In December 2019, Brayan Martin Meza (“Plaintiff”), an inmate housed at the California Institute for Men in Chino (“CIM”), filed a civil rights complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1983 against three CIM staff members: (1) Dean Borders, the warden, (2) Sgt. R. Banales, and (3) correctional officer (“CO”) J. Cervantes. (Dkt. 1.) The Court screened the complaint sua sponte in compliance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act and, on January 23, 2020, dismissed it for failure to state a claim. (Dkt. 7.) The Court gave Plaintiff until February 21, 2020 to file a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). (Id. at 4-5.) 28 …

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