Cadena

Cadena v. Johnson

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaFebruary 6, 20203:19-cv-02684California442 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTOR CADENA,

Case No. 19-cv-02684-RS (PR) Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL 13 SCOTT CUPP, et al., 14 Defendants.

16 This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit is DISMISSED because plaintiff has not complied with federal pleading rules or with the Court’s repeated instructions to follow those rules. Federal pleading rules require that claims be based on “the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences” and pose a “question of law or fact common to all defendants.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 20(a)(2). They also require that a complaint “contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.’” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). Plaintiff’s current complaint contains many unrelated and conclusory claims of retaliation, harassment, improper cell searches, placement in cells without pillows or …

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