(PC) Verkuilen v. Amador County Jail

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMES VERKUILEN, Case No. 2:24-cv-000320-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

14 AMADOR COUNTY SHERIFF GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO DEPARTMENT, et al., AMEND 15 Defendants. ECF Nos. 1 & 2 16

AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE WITHIN

17 THIRTY DAYS 18 19 Plaintiff James Verkuilen is a pretrial detainee proceeding without counsel in this civil 20 rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his complaint, plaintiff alleges that Amador Jail 21 is overcrowded and that his HIPPA rights were violated when an officer was present for his 22 medical appointment. The allegations are not sufficiently related to proceed in the same action. I 23 will give plaintiff an opportunity to file an amended complaint, and I will grant his application to 24 proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2. 25 Screening and Pleading Requirements 26 A federal court must…