Ruffin
Ruffin v. San Francisco Sheriff's Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 SHAWN RUFFIN, Case No. 20-cv-07826-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER SCREENING COMPLAINT
v. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915A; OF
DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE TO
SAN FRANCISCO SHERIFF’S AMEND DEPARTMENT, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Pro se plaintiff Shawn Ruffin, who appears to be a pretrial detainee at the “San Francisco County Jail #3,” filed the instant civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department and numerous employees thereof. Dkt. No. 1 at 2. Mr. Ruffin has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 7. The Court granted Mr. Ruffin’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. Dkt. No. 8. I. STANDARD OF REVIEW A federal court must conduct a preliminary screening in any case in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In…