UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIC JEROME PHILLIPS, JR., Case No. 5:20-cv-0266-VAP (MAA) 12 Plaintiff,
13 v. MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER REGARDING FIRST COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE et al., AMENDED COMPLAINT Defendants. 16
I. INTRODUCTION On June 24, 2020, Plaintiff Eric Jerome Phillips, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se, filed a Complaint alleging violations of his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”). (Compl., ECF No. 1.) That same day, Plaintiff also filed a Request to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (ECF No. 2), which the Court granted on June 26, 2020 (ECF No. 4). On July 31, 2020, the Court screened and dismissed the Complaint with leave to amend (“Order Dismissing Complaint”). (Order Dismiss. Compl., ECF No. 8.) On September 3, 2020, the Court received Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). (FAC, ECF No. 9.) The Court has screened the FAC as prescribed by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and §…