(PC) Fletcher v. Dept. of State Hospitals-Coalinga

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALAN FLETCHER, No. 2:23-CV-0488-TLN-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS COALINGA, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, brings this civil action. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss, ECF No. 11, Plaintiff’s opposition thereto, ECF No. 12, and Defendants’ reply, ECF No. 14. Also before the Court is Defendants’ requests for judicial notice, ECF Nos. 11-2 and 13. In considering a motion to dismiss, the Court must accept all allegations of material fact in the complaint as true. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 93-94 (2007). The Court must also construe the alleged facts in the light most favorable to Plaintiff. See Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 236 (1974); see also Hosp. Bldg. Co. v. Rex Hosp. Trustees, 425 U.S. 738, 740 (1976); Barnett v. Centoni, 31 F.3d 813, 816 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam). All ambiguities or 27 …