Rivers
Rivers v. City of American Canyon
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEITH RIVERS, Case No. 22-cv-01576-JSC
Plaintiff,
SCREENING ORDER PURSUANT TO
v. 28 U.S.C. § 1915
CITY OF AMERICAN CANYON, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Defendants.
12 The Court previously granted Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis. (Dkt. No. 4.) It must now review the complaint’s allegations under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Because Plaintiff’s claims do not comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8, the Court gives Plaintiff the opportunity to amend the complaint. COMPLAINT ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff is an African American man who was a resident of American Canyon, California for over four years. On September 14, 2021, Plaintiff’s neighbor Victor Ramon Fregoso punched Plaintiff’s parked vehicle, causing $1,500 in damages. Officers Ruggiero and Scott decided not to arrest Mr. Fregoso. Mr. Fregoso also “attacked Plaintiff . . . on more than one occasion”; all the Defendants involved knew about…