Arias-Maldonado
Arias-Maldonado v. Superior Court, County of Santa Clara
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAIME ARIAS-MALDONADO, Case No. 19-cv-01328-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH
v. FURTHER LEAVE TO AMEND
SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY OF Docket No. 17-
SANTA CLARA,
11 Defendant. 12 13 Jaime Arias-Maldonado, formerly an inmate at the Santa Clara County Jail, commenced this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by filing a “motion to safeguard civil rights of pretrial detainee,” Docket No. 1, and other miscellaneous documents. The Court conducted an initial screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, and dismissed the pleading with leave to amend. Docket No. 16. The Court explained that Mr. Arias-Maldonado’s several filings were difficult to understand but focused on criminal charges pending against Mr. Arias-Maldonado and appeared to seek federal court authorization to represent himself in state court criminal proceedings and for pro per privileges at the jail. Id. at 2-3. The Court determined that the Younger abstention…