(PC) Payne v. Placer County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES L. PAYNE, No. 2:21-cv-1910-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

PLACER COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a county jail inmate proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On November 9, 2021, the court screened plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. ECF No. 7. The court dismissed the complaint, explained the deficiencies therein, and granted plaintiff thirty days in which to file an amended complaint to cure the deficiencies. Id. The screening order warned plaintiff that failure to comply would result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. The time for acting has now passed and despite an extension of time granted to plaintiff (ECF No. 10), he has not filed an amended complaint. Thus, it appears that plaintiff is unable…