Arias-Maldonado
Arias-Maldonado v. Superior Court, County of Santa Clara
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 JAIME ARIAS-MALDONADO, Case No. 19-cv-01328-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. Docket No. 20 SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY OF
SANTA CLARA,
9 Defendant. 10 11 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 doctrine required the dismissal of Mr. Arias-Maldonado’s claims …