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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CESAR MENDOZA-HERNANDEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. COGGINS, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-00271-AWI-SKO (PC)

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION, WITH 

PREJUDICE, FOR FAILURE TO STATE 

A CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF MAY 

BE GRANTED 

(Docs. 5, 9, 10, and 16)

ORDER THAT DISMISSAL IS SUBJECT 

TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(G)

Plaintiff Cesar Mendoza-Hernandez, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action on August 8, 2014, in the Dallas Division of the United 

States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The district court severed Plaintiff’s 

claims arising from events at United States Penitentiary-Atwater and transferred them to the 

Eastern District of California on February 20, 2015. On March 17, 2015, the Court dismissed 

Plaintiff’s amended complaint for failure to state a claim and ordered Plaintiff to file a second 

amended complaint within thirty days.1 28 U.S.C. § 1915A; 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e). More than 

thirty days have passed and Plaintiff has not complied with or otherwise responded to the Court’s 

 

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Federal officers may be held liable for damages for the violation of an inmate’s constitutional rights, Correctional 

Serv. Corp. v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61, 66, 122 S.Ct. 515, 519 (2001) (citing Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of 

Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999 (1971)), and given the nature of Plaintiff’s allegations, this 

action was construed as brought pursuant to Bivens.

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order. As a result, there is no pleading on file which sets forth any claims upon which relief may 

be granted. 

Accordingly, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), this action is 

HEREBY DISMISSED, with prejudice, based on Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim upon which 

relief may be granted. This dismissal is subject to the “three-strikes” provision set forth in 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(g). Silva v. Di Vittorio, 658 F.3d 1090, 1098-99 (9th Cir. 2011).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 14, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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