Hinton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 JAMES L. RICALLS, Case No. CV 20-3045-PA (KK) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

HINTON,

Defendant(s).

15 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff James L. Ricalls (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) alleging a violation of his First and Sixth Amendment rights. For the reasons discussed below, the Court dismisses the Complaint with leave to amend. II. BACKGROUND On March 22, 2020, Plaintiff, who is currently detained at North Kern State Prison, constructively filed1 the Complaint against Mr. Hinton, the “county assistan[t] 27 Under the “mailbox rule,” when a pro se prisoner gives prison authorities a legal staff worker” at Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles (“Defendant”). ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 1 at 1, 13. Plaintiff does…