Leon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSEPH R. LEON, DUX708, Case No. 21-cv-01097-CRB (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

ERIC S. GEFFON, Judge, et al., (ECF No. 2) Defendant(s).

Plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee at the Santa Clara County Jail, has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the bail consideration hearing held, and the bail amount set, for him by the Santa Clara County Superior Court. Plaintiff specifically alleges that the presiding judge and prosecutor (Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Eric S. Geffon and Deputy District Attorney Vicki Gemetti) denied him due process and equal protection in connection with the bail consideration hearing by, among other things, failing to make findings and inquiries regarding his financial ability to post bail and less restrictive conditions of release, and that the bail set for him at $1,500,000 constitutes excessive bail in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Plaintiff seeks “100.00 dollars for each day in…