The following excerpt is from Ford v. California, CASE NO. 1:10-cv-00696-AWI-GSA PC (E.D. Cal. 2012):
the level of an Eighth Amendment violation. This action should therefore be dismissed. Noll v. Carlson, 809 F.2d 1446, 1448 (9th Cir. 1987) (pro se litigant must be given leave to amend his or her complaint unless it is absolutely clear that the deficiencies of the complaint could not be cured by amendment).
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