Ducan
(PC) Gradford v. Ducan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, Case No. 1:22-cv-01637-ADA-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER RE: NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
CAPTAIN DUNCAN, et al., (ECF No. 16) Defendants.
16 17 18 Plaintiff William J. Gradford is a former prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 19 pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 23, 2023, this 20 Court issued a screening order, finding no cognizable claims, but giving Plaintiff thirty days to 21 file an amended complaint or a notice to stand on his complaint. (ECF No. 14). 22 On June 15, 2023, Plaintiff filed both (1) an amended complaint form, which mostly contains scribbled out an indecipherable writing, but also contained nonsensical statements, like “I didn’t kill JFK,” and (2) a document titled “notice voluntary dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41” listing this case and several other cases. (ECF Nos. 15, 16). Given that the amended complaint contains no discernable claims…