Hassan Musa Mack v. F. Perez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
18 On October 23, 2018, plaintiff Hassan Musa Mack, a state prisoner who is 19 proceeding pro se and has been granted leave to proceed without prepayment of the 20 filing fee (“IFP”), filed a Civil Rights Complaint (“Complaint”) apparently pursuant 21 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officials connected with the inmate classification 22 committee at the California Men’s Colony where plaintiff was previously housed. 23 As plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding IFP on a civil rights complaint against 24 governmental defendants, the assigned Magistrate Judge screened the Complaint to 25 determine if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which 26 relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune 27 from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B), 1915A; 42 U.S.C. §1997e(c). 28 On March 17, 2020, the Magistrate Judge issued an Order Dismissing Complaint with Leave to Amend and Directing Plaintiff to Respond to Order (“March Order”). The March Order advised plaintiff that the Complaint was deficient for reasons described in the March Order, dismissed the Complaint with leave to amend,…