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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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 

JOSEPH JOHN GRIJALVA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 19-cv-05694-RS (PR) 

ORDER REOPENING ACTION; 

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT 

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

INTRODUCTION 

This federal civil rights action was dismissed because plaintiff failed to comply with 

the Court’s orders to file a complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

Since dismissal, those documents have been filed. Accordingly, this action is 

REOPENED. The Clerk is directed to modify the docket to reflect this. The judgment and 

the order of dismissal are VACATED. (Dkt. Nos. 9 and 10.) 

Plaintiff fails to state any claim for relief in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. 

Accordingly, the complaint is DISMISSED with leave to file an amended complaint on or 

before March 2, 2020. No extensions of time will be granted. Failure to file a proper 

amended complaint by the deadline, or a failure to comply in every respect with the 

instructions given in this order, will result in the dismissal of this suit and the entry of 

judgment in favor of defendants. 

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DISCUSSION 

A. Standard of Review 

A “complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to ‘state a 

claim to relief that is plausible on its face.’” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) 

(quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)). “A claim has facial 

plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the 

reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.” Id. (quoting 

Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556). Furthermore, a court “is not required to accept legal 

conclusions cast in the form of factual allegations if those conclusions cannot reasonably 

be drawn from the facts alleged.” Clegg v. Cult Awareness Network, 18 F.3d 752, 754–55 

(9th Cir. 1994). To state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a plaintiff must allege two 

essential elements: (1) that a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States 

was violated, and (2) that the alleged violation was committed by a person acting under the 

color of state law. See West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 48 (1988). 

B. Legal Claims 

Plaintiff’s complaint contains no claims of any kind. Rather, he asks “to talk to 

someone from your office” because “theres [sic] to [sic] much to list.” (Compl., Dkt. No. 

11 at 3.) This falls far short of supplying “sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 

state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678 (citation 

omitted). In his amended complaint, plaintiff must state specific facts plausibly showing 

that a person acting under color of state law violated his federal constitutional rights. 

CONCLUSION 

The complaint is DISMISSED with leave to file an amended complaint on or before 

March 2, 2020. The amended complaint must include the caption and civil case number 

used in this order (19-05694 RS (PR)) and the words FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 

on the first page. The amended complaint must also appear on this Court’s form. Because 

an amended complaint completely replaces the previous complaints, plaintiff must include 

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in his amended complaint all the claims he wishes to present and all of the defendants he 

wishes to sue. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir. 1992). Any claims 

not raised in the amended complaint will be deemed waived. Plaintiff may not incorporate 

material from the prior complaint by reference. No extensions of time will be granted. 

Failure to file an amended complaint in accordance with this order will result in 

dismissal of this action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) without further 

notice to plaintiff.

It is plaintiff’s responsibility to prosecute this case. Plaintiff must keep the Court 

informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper with the clerk headed “Notice 

of Change of Address.” He must comply with the Court’s orders in a timely fashion or ask 

for an extension of time to do so. Failure to comply may result in the dismissal of this 

action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January ___, 2020

_________________________

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

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