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Timestamp: 2017-03-25 06:22:10
Document Index: 459186982

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§ 636', '§ 1914', '§ 1915', '§ 1983']

| Johnson v. Sacramento
Johnson v. Sacramento
WILLIE JAMES JOHNSON, PLAINTIFF,v.CSP SACRAMENTO, DEFENDANT.
Plaintiff is a Sacramento County Jail prisoner proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments of twenty percent of the preceding month's income credited to plaintiff's prison trust account. These payments shall be collected and forwarded by the appropriate agency to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in plaintiff's account exceeds $10.00, until the filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
The court finds the allegations in plaintiff's complaint fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted mostly because plaintiff fails to identify any appropriate defendants. There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant's actions and the claimed deprivation. Rizzo v. Goode, 423 U.S. 362 (1976); May v. Enomoto, 633 F.2d 164, 167 (9th Cir. 1980); Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 740, 743 (9th Cir. 1978). Plaintiff will be granted leave to file an amended complaint to cure this deficiency. Plaintiff is informed that "CSP Sacramento" cannot be a defendant in this action because state agencies are entitled to immunity from suit under the Eleventh Amendment. See Quern v. Jordan, 440 U.S. 332 (1979).
2. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. The fee shall be collected and paid in accordance with this court's order to Sacramento County Sheriff filed concurrently herewith.