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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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11 ERHAN KAVIK, No. 2:21-cv-1401 CKD P
12 Plaintiff,
13 v. ORDER
14 E. SAUCEDO, et al.,
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17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and seeking relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
18 1983 against employees of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. On
19 September 8, 2021, the court dismissed plaintiff’s complaint with leave to amend. Plaintiff has
20 now filed an amended complaint.
21 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a
22 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The
23 court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally
24 “frivolous or malicious,” that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seek
25 monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1),(2).
26 After conducting the required screening, the court finds that plaintiff’s amended complaint
27 fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Therefore, the amended complaint must be
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1 dismissed. Plaintiff will be given one final opportunity to state a claim upon which he might
2 proceed in a second amended complaint.
3 In his amended complaint, plaintiff asserts claims arising under California law. Plaintiff is
4 informed that in order to proceed with a claim arising under California law, plaintiff must comply
5 with the terms of the California Tort Claims Act, and then plead compliance. See Cal. Gov’t
6 Code § 910 et seq.; Mangold v. Cal. Pub. Utils. Comm’n, 67 F.3d. 1470, 1477 (9th Cir. 1995).
7 Complaints must present facts demonstrating compliance, rather than simply conclusions
8 suggesting as much. Shirk v. Vista Unified School Dist., 42 Cal.4th 201, 209 (2007).
9 Plaintiff complains about conditions of confinement. Cruel and unusual punishment is
10 prohibited under the Eighth Amendment. The allegations in plaintiff’s amended complaint
11 simply do not amount to cruel and unusual punishment under any reasonable definition of that
12 phrase. Plaintiff is informed, as he was when the court dismissed his original complaint, that in
13 order to state a claim upon which relief can be granted under the Eighth Amendment with respect
14 to conditions of confinement, plaintiff must allege facts indicating he has suffered sufficiently
15 serious injury as a result of a prison official’s deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of
16 serious harm. Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 833-34 (1994). Plaintiff is also advised that the
17 Eighth Amendment prohibits prison officials from inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on
18 inmates which has been defined as “the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain.” Whitley v.
19 Albers, 475 U.S. 312, 319 (1986). “[W]henever prison officials stand accused of using excessive
20 physical force in violation of the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause, the core judicial inquiry
21 is … whether force was applied . . . maliciously and sadistically to cause harm.” Hudson v.
22 McMillan, 503 U.S. 1, 7 (1992).
23 As plaintiff has been previously informed, in order to state a claim upon which he might
24 proceed against a particular defendant plaintiff must allege in specific terms how that defendant
25 was involved in a violation of his civil rights. There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
26 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant’s actions and the claimed
27 deprivation. Rizzo v. Goode, 423 U.S. 362 (1976). Furthermore, vague and conclusory
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1 | allegations of official participation in civil rights violations are not sufficient. Ivey v. Board of
2 | Regents, 673 F.2d 266, 268 (9th Cir. 1982).
3 Finally, plaintiff is reminded that the court cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to
4 | make plaintiff's second amended complaint complete. Local Rule 220 requires that any amended
5 || complaint be complete in itself without reference to any prior pleading.
6 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
7 1. Plaintiff's amended complaint is dismissed.
8 2. Plaintiff granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a second
9 || amended complaint that complies with the requirements of this order, the Civil Rights Act, the
10 | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Local Rules of Practice. The second amended
11 || complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case and must be labeled “Second Amended
12 || Complaint.” Failure to file a second amended complaint in accordance with this order will result
13 || in a recommendation that this action be dismissed.
14 | Dated: March 21, 2022 / aa / a Ly a
1s CAROLYN K DELANEY
16 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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