Rivers
Rivers v. Becerra
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MELVIN WARREN RIVERS, Case No.: 3:20-cv-0580-JLS (AHG)
BOP #45526-298,
ORDER: (1) DISMISSING
Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR vs. FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915A;
XAVIER BECERRA, Attorney General AND (2) DENYING MOTION FOR of California, et al.,
RECONSIDERATION AS MOOT
Defendants. (ECF No. 14) 17 18 19 On February 5, 2020, Plaintiff Melvin Warren Rivers, currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Mendota (“FCIM”) located in Mendota, California, and proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint (“Compl.”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. See Compl., ECF No. 1. On March 26, 2020, the case was transferred to this Court. See ECF No. 8. In his original complaint, Rivers challenged the constitutionality of California…