Soloman
Soloman v. Pitchford
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NEBIYU SHEFREW SOLOMAN, 075674-7, Case No. 23-cv-04254-CRB (PR)
Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL v. (ECF No. 2)
JAY PITCHFORD, Deputy Public Defender, et al., 11 Defendant(s).
13 I. 14 Plaintiff Nebiyu Shefrew Soloman filed the instant pro se civil rights action under 42 15 U.S.C. § 1983 shortly after the Sonoma County Superior Court on July 6, 2023 found him 16 mentally incompetent to stand trial on state criminal charges and entered an order committing him 17 to a state hospital for treatment pursuant to California Penal Code section 1370. Plaintiff broadly 18 alleges that his deputy public defender, the deputy district attorney, the presiding superior court 19 judge and their respective offices have failed to protect his federal constitutional rights during his 20 ongoing state criminal and civil commitment proceedings. Plaintiff seeks federal court 21 intervention in the proceedings as well as damages against the named defendants. He also seeks 22 leave to proceed in forma…