Legal Opinion

Thomas Michael Colt v. Jennifer Shaffer, et al.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided June 16, 2026No. 5:24-cv-07184Unknown

1Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 7 8 THOMAS MICHAEL COLT, Case No. 24-cv-07184-EKL 9 Plaintiff, ORDER SCREENING AMENDED 10 v. COMPLAINT, DISMISSING CERTAIN CLAIMS, AND ORDERING SERVICE 11 JENNIFER SHAFFER, et al., Defendants. 12 13 14 Plaintiff Thomas Michael Colt, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed the instant civil 15 rights lawsuit alleging interference with his First Amendment right to access the courts when 16 certain defendants altered the written transcript of his parole hearing and deleted the audio 17 recording. On October 15, 2025, the Court dismissed Colt’s amended…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Will v. Michigan Department of State PoliceSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Jena Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Department Al Olsen, Police Chief, Individually and as a Police AgentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990

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