(PC) Whitsitt v. San Joaquin County Mental Health

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM J. WHITSITT, No. 2:22-cv-00356-WBS-CKD P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former county inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 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). Currently pending before the court are plaintiff’s third, fourth, and fifth amended complaints. ECF Nos. 18, 24, 26. In prior screening orders, plaintiff was advised that an amended complaint supersedes an original complaint and that Local Rule 220 requires an amended complaint to be complete in itself without reference to any prior pleading. See ECF Nos. 11, 16. Therefore, the court will proceed to screen plaintiff’s fifth amended complaint without reference to any prior complaint or supplement. I. Screening Requirement The court is…