Dominguez

Dominguez v. Burke

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaApril 28, 20223:20-cv-09416California1,388 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOE VALDEZ DOMINGUEZ, Case No. 20-cv-09416-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH

v. FURTHER LEAVE TO AMEND

CHRISTOPHER D. BURKE, et al., Defendants.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Joe Valdez Dominguez, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, California (“SVSP”), filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Docket No. 1 (“Complaint”). The Court reviewed Mr. Dominguez’s Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915 and 1915A, and dismissed the Complaint with leave to amend. See Docket No. 9. Specifically, the Court noted that although Mr. Dominguez had attempted to bring an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, he had failed to identify what each Defendant had done wrong, and had not “clearly allege[d] what treatment was needed but not provided.” Id. at 5. In addition, Mr. Dominguez had failed to explain how the defendant-doctors “were in a…

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