Thomas Davin Sides v. Felicia Ponce
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
THOMAS DAVID SIDES, Case No. 2:20-cv-04285-DMG (GJS) Plaintiff,
v. ORDER DISMISSING ACTION
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
FELICIA PINCE, et al.,
Defendants.
16 On May 12, 2020, Plaintiff filed a civil rights complaint [Doc. # 1, “Complaint”]. Pursuant to the Court’s screening obligations under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c)(1), the Court screened the Complaint and, on May 14, 2020, denied Plaintiff leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee and granted him leave to amend. [Doc. # 7, “May 14 Order.”] The May 14 Order warned Plaintiff that the failure to rectify the deficiencies of his Complaint – as they had been identified and discussed at length in the May 14 Order – could result in the dismissal of the case pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff then filed a First Amended Complaint. [Doc. # 10.] On June 15, 2020, the Court screened the First Amended Complaint and again denied Plaintiff leave…