Leo Evans v. Madera Police Department

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 LEO EVANS, CASE NO. 1:19-cv-01803-DAD-SKO 10 Plaintiff, FIRST SCREENING ORDER 11 (Doc. 1) v. 12 21-DAY DEADLINE MADERA POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 I. INTRODUCTION 17 18 A. Background 19 Plaintiff, Leo Evans, is a prisoner in the custody of North Kern State Prison. On December 20 30, 2019, Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 21 alleging one claim for excessive force against Defendants “Madera County Police Department,” 22 “R. Mahoney 4536,”…