Swinton
Swinton v. Department of Justice
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MALIK HALEEM SWINTON, Case No. 22-cv-04276-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
v. DISMISS; DISMISSING COMPLAINT
WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Re: ECF No. 27, 38 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff has filed this pro se action. Now pending before the Court are the motions to dismiss filed by defendant GEO Group, ECF No. 27, and by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice (collectively, the “Federal Defendants”), ECF No. 38. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the motions to dismiss, ECF Nos. 27, 38, and DISMISSES the complaint with leave to amend. BACKGROUND I. Complaint In the form complaint, Plaintiff states that he is suing two defendants, but lists four defendants. He lists two entities, the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons and GEO Group; and two individuals, James Highman, whom he identifies as the residential reentry manager,…