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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

TOROMI RADEL WASHINGTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01931-JST (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

On April 29, 2015, plaintiff, an inmate currently at La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy, 

Arizona, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 31, 2015, the 

Court reviewed the complaint and dismissed it with leave to amend to cure several specific 

deficiencies. On September 21, 2015, plaintiff filed a response to the Court’s order of dismissal 

with leave to amend. The Court construes the response as an amended complaint.

The amended complaint fails to cure the deficiencies identified in the Court’s order of 

dismissal with leave to amend. Most significantly, plaintiff challenges events surrounding his 

state court criminal conviction but fails to demonstrate that the conviction has been invalidated, as 

required by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). The amended complaint contains many 

conclusions but no additional facts to allege the essential elements of a Section 1983 claim.

Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED because the amended complaint fails to state a 

cognizable claim for relief. Further leave to amend will not be granted because the Court already 

has explained to plaintiff the specific deficiencies in his pleading, and he has been unable or 

unwilling to correct them. 

The Clerk shall enter judgment and close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 16, 2015

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-01931-JST Document 10 Filed 12/17/15 Page 1 of 1