Dears
Dears v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 JOHNNY DEARS, Case No. 20-cv-00012-BAS-AGS Booking No. 19748199,
ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR
Plaintiff, FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM, FOR
SEEKING MONETARY DAMAGES
v. AGAINST IMMUNE DEFENDANTS,
AND FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES; SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendants. 17 On January 2, 2020, Plaintiff Johnny Dears, housed at the San Diego Central Jail and proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 399 (1971). (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) On March 4, 2020, the Court granted Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis but dismissed his Complaint for failing to state any claim upon which relief could be granted and for seeking monetary damages against immune defendants pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) and § 1915A(b). (See ECF No. 4.) …