Ortega

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CARLOS A. ORTEGA, Case No. 19-cv-00319-HSG

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS

9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 24 10 A. FLORES, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 13 INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff, an insanity acquittee at Napa State Prison,1 filed this pro se civil rights action 15 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 regarding events that happened at Santa Clara County Jail (“SCCJ”) 16 where he was previously incarcerated. Now pending before the Court is defendants’ motion to 17 dismiss this action as time-barred. Dkt. No. 24. Plaintiff has filed an opposition, Dkt. No. 28, and 18 defendants have filed a reply, Dkt. No. 30. For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ motion to 19 dismiss is GRANTED. 20 DISCUSSION 21 I. Complaint 22 According to the complaint, on December 12, 2012, Plaintiff was kneeling to be 23 handcuffed so that he could make a pro per legal phone call. Per procedure, he had his hands in 24 the…