Coleman

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 WENDELL COLEMAN, Case No. 20-cv-01535-JSC

8 Plaintiff,

SECTION 1915 SCREENING OF

9 v. COMPLAINT; REQUESTS FOR

INTERIM RELIEF

10 MARK BOESSENECKER, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 2, 5, 6 Defendants. 11

12 Wendell Coleman sues 32 Napa County employees and officials for alleged violation of 13 the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. 14 (Dkt. No. 6.)1 Having granted Mr. Coleman’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, (see Dkt. 15 No. 8), the Court now screens his amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and concludes 16 that the complaint is deficient for the reasons stated below. 17 COMPLAINT ALLEGATIONS 18 The complaint does not contain a plain statement of facts and allegations.2 It instead 19 consists of a litany of grievances alleging various abuses by Napa County judges, district 20 attorneys, public defenders, law enforcement personnel, corrections officers and staff, probation 21 …