Michael A. Slawson v. County of Los Angeles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 MICHAEL A. SLAWSON, Case No. 2:20-cv-01356-JVS (GJS) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 On February 11, 2020, Plaintiff filed pro se a civil-rights action under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. His civil-rights claims arise from an involuntary psychiatric hold on 19 him effected by the Los Angeles Police Department. On September 18, 2020, after 20 screening the Complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the District Judge dismissed 21 the Complaint with leave to amend because, among other deficiencies, it failed to 22 state any claim upon which relief could be granted. [Dkt. 11.] Plaintiff was ordered 23 to file an amended complaint no later than October 21, 2020, 2020, and was warned 24 that failure to do so could result in dismissal of his lawsuit for the reasons stated in 25 the dismissal. 26 Rather than complying with the Court’s Order, Plaintiff filed a “Response” on 27 October 21, 2020 [Dkt. 12], stating that he is unable to comply with the…