Whitall
Whitall v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 RAYMOND RICHARD WHITALL, G43090, Case No. 20-cv-01259-CRB (PR)
9 Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
10 v.
11 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION,
12 et al.,
13 Defendant(s).
14 Plaintiff Raymond Richard Whitall, a prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) and 15 frequent litigant in federal court, has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title II of 16 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C.§ 12101 et seq. (ADA), and Section 504 of 17 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794(a) (RA), seeking damages from the California 18 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and several psychiatric technicians and 19 nurses at SVSP in connection with various mishaps regarding his hearing aids. 20 DISCUSSION 21 A. Standard of Review 22 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 23 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental…