Stringer
Stringer v. Cruz
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LAWRENCE T. STRINGER, Case No. 19-cv-02624-SI
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE
9 v. TO AMEND
10 R. CRUZ, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 2 11 Defendants.
12 13 Lawrence T. Stringer, then an inmate at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, filed 14 this pro se prisoner's civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint is now before the 15 court for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 16 17 BACKGROUND 18 California’s Proposition 57, approved by voters in November 2016, makes parole more 19 available for certain felons convicted of nonviolent crimes. Proposition 57 added Article I, section 20 32 to the California Constitution. That section provides, in relevant part, that “[a]ny person 21 convicted of a nonviolent felony offense and sentenced to state prison shall be eligible for parole 22 consideration after completing the full term for his or her primary offense,” defined for these 23 …