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