Velasco v. Balaam

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 * * * 5 Juan Nuno Velasco, Case No. 2:23-cv-00192-CDS-DJA 6 Plaintiff, 7 Order v. 8 Sheriff Dennis Balaam, 9 Defendant. 10 11 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint. (ECF No. 24). The Court 12 screens Plaintiff’s proposed amended complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Because the Court finds 13 that certain of Plaintiff’s allegations do not state a claim upon which relief can be granted, but 14 others do, the Court grants Plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint in part and denies it in part. 15 I. Legal standard. 16…