Penny
Penny v. Alameda County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LOUIS LEVERN PENNY, Case No. 19-cv-06981-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF SERVICE
v. Docket No. 14 J. PEREIRA, et al., Defendants.
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Louis Levern Penny, an inmate at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to complain about events and omissions at the jail. The Court dismissed the complaint with leave to amend so that Mr. Penny could cure several pleading deficiencies. He then filed an amended complaint, which is now before the Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. II. BACKGROUND Mr. Penny alleges in his amended complaint that he was attacked by Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy Pereira on April 30, 2019. See Docket No. 14 at 9-10. Deputy Pereira allegedly unlocked the cell door, entered, and then kicked and punched Mr. Penny. Deputy Wong, who had come with Deputy Pereira, had his taser pointed at Mr. Penny…