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Timestamp: 2020-08-12 00:12:30
Document Index: 350932682

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§ 801', '§ 1915', '§ 1915', '§ 1983', '§ 1983']

FindACase™ | Lee v. Williams
LEROY H. LEE, Plaintiff,
DET. V. WILLIAMS et al., Defendants.
Plaintiff pro se, Leroy H. Lee, commenced this action on October 5, 2018, by filing a civil-rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (DE 1.) The action was initially administratively terminated because the complaint included neither a proper filing fee nor an application to proceed in forma pmtperis. (DE 3, 4.) Mr. Lee subsequently paid the full filing fee, and the Court now undertakes an initial screening of the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 A.
Mr. Lee alleges claims against Det. V, Williams and Sgt. W. Wilson of the Newark Police Department, as well as Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, and Assistant Deputy Essex County Prosecutor Jessica Yanette. (DE 1 ¶ 4.) He alleges he was arrested on May 7, 2018, and that Det. Williams "wrote a false report causing continued confinement" in which Williams "falsified, alter[ed] or changed" statements from witnesses and the alleged victim. (Id. ¶¶ 4, 6.) Mr. Lee contends that Assistant Prosecutor Yanette "should have called for a separate investigation knowing that the alleged victim stated 'she did not know who shot her' 'Mr. Lee did not shoot her."' (Id. ¶ 6.) Mr. Lee alleges that Sgt. Wilson should bear supervisory liability, because he signed a report knowing it had been falsified. (Id. ¶ 4(c).) He contends that Mayor Baraka should be liable because "he is the supervising commander and chief of all official city departments." (Id. ¶ 4(d).)
Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Pub. L. 104-134, §§ 801-810, 110 Stat. 1321-66 to 1321-77 (Apr. 26, 1996) ("PLRA"), district courts must review prisoner complaints when the prisoner seeks redress against a governmental employee or entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The PLRA directs district courts to sua sponte dismiss claims that are frivolous or malicious, that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See id.
"[T]he legal standard for dismissing a complaint for failure to state a claim pursuant to § 1915A is identical to the legal standard employed in ruling on 12(b)(6) motions." Courteau v. United States, 287 Fed.Appx. 159, 162 (3d Cir. 2008). That standard is set forth in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009), and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007). To survive the Court's screening for failure to state a claim, the complaint must allege "sufficient factual matter to show that the claim is facially plausible." Fowler v. UPMC Shady side, 578 F.3d 203, 210 (3d Cir. 2009) (internal quotation marks omitted). "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." Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678; see also Fair Wind Sailing, Inc. v. Dempster, 764 F.3d 303, 308 n.3 (3d Cir. 2014). "A pleading that offers 'labels and conclusions' or 'a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do.*" Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678 (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555).
42 U.S.C. § 1983. To state a claim under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege, first, the violation of a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States, and second, that the alleged deprivation was committed or caused by a person acting under color of state law. See Harvey v. Plains Twp Police Dep 't, 635 F.3d 606, 609 (3d Cir. 2011); see also West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 42, 48(1988).
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I construe Mr. Lee&#39;s Complaint as asserting a constitutional claim of for malicious prosecution.[1] To state a ...