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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

JOHN LIMBIRD DAVIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREG SUHR, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.16-cv-04986-JD 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, a detainee, has filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He 

has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff states that Deputy Crain has tried to 

kill him while in jail, and has inflicted unnecessary pain and humiliation. Plaintiff provides no 

other information regarding these claims and as currently presented this is insufficient to state a 

claim. Plaintiff must provide more information regarding the circumstances of these allegations 

and Deputy Crain’s specific actions. 

Moreover, plaintiff has filed several cases in the last few months regarding his treatment in 

jail including Davis v. Suhr, 16-4487 JD. In the earlier case plaintiff was not clear about how his 

rights were violated and he failed to identify any specific defendants. By concurrent order that 

case is dismissed with leave to amend to provide more information. This case is DISMISSED as 

duplicative. See Adams v. Cal. Dept. of Health Services, 487 F.3d 684, 688 (9th Cir. 2007). 

Plaintiff shall present his claims regarding Deputy Crain’s acts in the amended complaint in Davis 

v. Suhr, 16-4487 JD and specifically describe the events surrounding plaintiff’s allegations.

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1 By concurrent order, another case, David v. Suhr, 16-5035 JD, was also dismissed as duplicative 

for plaintiff to present his claims in 16-4487, because the claims also appear to involve his 

treatment in jail.

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Plaintiff should also review the legal standards set forth in the Court Order in Davis v. Suhr, 16-

4487 JD.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 16, 2016

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN LIMBIRD DAVIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREG SUHR, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-04986-JD 

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 November 16, 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.

John Limbird Davis

#16664426

850 Bryant Street

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Dated: November 16, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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