Levert
John Cephas Young v. Levert
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
9 JOHN C. YOUNG, Case No. CV 20-9199-VBF (KK) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT
WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
LEVERT, ET AL.,
Defendant(s).
15 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff John C. Young (“Plaintiff”), a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) for violations of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. For the reasons discussed below, the Court dismisses the Complaint with leave to amend. II. ALLEGATIONS IN THE COMPLAINT On September 25, 2020, Plaintiff constructively filed1 the Complaint against the County of Los Angeles, various “John Doe” defendants in their individual and 27 Under the “mailbox rule,” when a pro se prisoner gives prison authorities a pleading official capacities (the “Doe defendants”), and the following eighteen employees of the…