Powers

Powers v. Layton

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaAugust 19, 20223:21-cv-06382California1,861 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TAMMY S POWERS, Case No. 21-cv-06382-AGT

Plaintiff,

SCREENING ORDER

v.

SEAN LAYTON, et al., Defendants.

12 Having granted pro se plaintiff Tammy Powers’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, see Dkt. 8, the undersigned magistrate judge now screens her complaint, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), and concludes that it is deficient. The Clerk of the Court is accordingly instructed not to issue summonses or to serve Powers’s complaint on the defendants. If Powers fails to file a satisfactory amendment, the undersigned will recommend that a district judge dismiss her case.1 A. Complaint Allegations On June 2, 2021, Powers was riding her motorcycle on Highway I-580 in Emeryville, California, when she was rear-ended by a pickup truck and “sent to the pavement at 70 mph.” Dkt. 1, Compl. at 4–5. Powers sustained a broken right thumb and she continues to experience pain in her neck and back from the impact. Id. at 5. She alleges that the…

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