Acuna
Acuna v. Godinez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEX I. ACUNA, Case No.: 3:21-cv-02044-CAB-DEB
CDCR #P-85538,
ORDER DISMISSING FIRST
Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR vs. FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM 14 PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)
SERGEANT C. GODINEZ,
AND 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) Badge #41197, 16 Defendant. 17 18 19 20 21 22 I. Procedural History On December 3, 2021, Plaintiff Alex I. Acuna (“Plaintiff” or “Acuna”), while incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights Complaint (“Compl.”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant Godinez (“Defendant” or Godinez”), an RJD Correctional Sergeant, violated his Fourth and Eighth Amendment rights when he conducted a visual strip search on Acuna. See id. at 3-5. He sought $450,000 in both general and punitive damages. Id. at 7. On January 4,…