(PC) James v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD EUGENE JAMES, Case No. 2:21-cv-00713-DJC-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 16 17 18 19 20 Plaintiff brings this section 1983 case against the County of Sacramento and several of its employees based on his criminal extradition from Kansas in 2020. ECF No. 35 at 4. On February 27, 2023, I recommended that this action be dismissed for failure to state a claim. ECF No. 30. Instead of filing objections, plaintiff filed a motion to amend his complaint, ECF No. 31, which I granted, ECF No. 32. I held my findings and recommendations in abeyance, id., and will now vacate them. Instead of filing one amended complaint, plaintiff has filed two. ECF Nos. 34 & 35. The allegations in these complaints might, as explained below, state one cognizable claim. They cannot proceed as articulated, however. I will offer plaintiff one final opportunity to amend. Screening Order I.…