(PC) Hill v. J. Beltran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CYMEYON HILL,

Case No. 20-cv-06557-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE v. TO AMEND

E. PEREZ, et al.,

10 Defendants.

I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a civil detainee currently in custody at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted in a separate order. Plaintiff has named as Defendants in this action the following SVSP prison officials: Property Officer E. Perez; Correctional Officer T. Beltran; and Sergeants E. Black and O. Aragon. Dkt. 1 at 2. Venue is proper because the events giving rise to the claims are alleged to have occurred at SVSP, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Plaintiff seeks monetary and punitive damages. Id. at 4. 21

23 1 Petitioner had initially filed the instant civil rights action in the…