Ortega

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CARLOS A. ORTEGA, Case No. 19-cv-00319-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS

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

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