Pollard
Williams v. Pollard
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. Background
27 Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a pro se civil rights Complaint on January 1, 28 2021, accompanied by an application to proceed in forma pauperis, naming as Defendants RJD Warden Pollard and three others. ECF Nos. 1-2. On May 5, 2020, the Court granted Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis, screened the Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and 1915A(b), and directed service as to all four Defendants. ECF No. 4. On May 28, 2021, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the original Complaint. ECF No. 12. Plaintiff filed his First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on August 24, 2021, dropping one of the original Defendants but adding four new ones. ECF No. 19. On September 7, 2021, Defendants withdrew their motion to dismiss the original Complaint and filed a motion to dismiss the FAC. ECF No. 21. On January 19, 2022, the Court granted in part and denied in part the motion to dismiss, dismissing the FAC against all defendants except Pollard, and granting Plaintiff leave to amend. ECF No. 40. On February 4, 2022, Plaintiff filed the SAC. ECF No. 42. The SAC names six RJD defendants: (1) RJD Warden…