(PC) Kern v. Sacramento Police Dept.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES KERN, Case No. 2:23-cv-00560-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
v. PAUPERIS SACRAMENTO POLICE ECF No. 5 DEPARTMENT, et al., SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF: Defendants. (1) STAND BY HIS COMPLAINT
SUBJECT TO DISMISSAL, OR
17 (2) FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT 18 ECF No. 1
THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE
21 Plaintiff James Kern is a county inmate proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that James Kern, a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy, violated his constitutional rights because Kern did not have his body-worn camera on while searching and collecting evidence from plaintiff’s home. The complaint, in its current form, does not state a claim. I will give plaintiff an opportunity to file an amended complaint, and I will grant his application…