Jane Doe v. County of San Mateo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TANNAZ JABBARI, Case No. 21-cv-01784-JSC Plaintiff,
SCREENING ORDER PURSUANT TO
v. 28 U.S.C. § 1915 COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Defendants. 11 12 Tannaz Jabbari, without representation by an attorney, brings this civil rights action against County of San Mateo (“County”), San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos (“Sheriff Bolanos”) and DOES 1-4. (Dkt. No. 1.) Having granted Ms. Jabbari’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, (see Dkt. No. 4), the Court now screens the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. COMPLAINT ALLEGATIONS Ms. Jabbari alleges various constitutional violations during her booking and 23-day incarceration at San Mateo County Jail. On October 20, 2020, during Ms. Jabbari’s booking as a pretrial detainee, “a jail personnel startled [Ms. Jabbari] by taking a thermometer laser gun to [her] head,” even though Ms. Jabbari did not consent to the temperature scan. (Compl. ¶ 10.)1 …