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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

GARY ERIC BOLTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEPHEN WIEDER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-01250-LB 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

[Re: ECF No. 12 ]

Gary Eric Bolton filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaining about conditions at 

Napa State Hospital, where he formerly was housed as a pretrial detainee pending restoration of 

his competency to stand trial. The court dismissed the complaint with leave to amend. (ECF No. 

10.1) Mr. Bolton’s amended complaint is now before the court for review under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915A. 

The amended complaint does not cure the deficiencies identified in the order of dismissal with 

leave to amend. The amended complaint fails to state a claim regarding the March 3, 2016 

medication hearing; Mr. Bolton does not allege that Dr. Wieder’s actions (i.e., seeking a 

 

1Record citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations are to the 

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medication order that was not granted and telling an unspecified lie on the record) resulted in Mr. 

Bolton being forcibly medicated or otherwise being deprived of any constitutional right. The 

amended complaint also fails to state a claim against Dr. Wieder for opining that Mr. Bolton was 

not competent; although Mr. Bolton disagrees with Dr. Wieder’s opinion, Mr. Bolton fails to make 

any plausible allegation that he was deprived of any constitutional right as a result of the doctor’s 

expression of a medical opinion. The amended complaint’s allegations that Mr. Bolton has been 

unable to obtain his medical records do not show that any defendant has violated any of Mr. 

Bolton’s constitutional rights. Further leave to amend will not be granted because it would be 

futile: the court has explained what Mr. Bolton needed to do to allege a claim and he was unable to 

do so.

For the foregoing reasons, this action is dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief 

may be granted. The clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 5, 2016

______________________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARY ERIC BOLTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEPHEN WIEDER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-01250-LB 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on August 5, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Gary Eric Bolton ID: 2120657

2100 Napa Vallejo Highway

Napa, CA 94558 

Dated: August 5, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Nikki D. Riley, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable LAUREL BEELER

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