Cameron Anthony Morris v. California State Prison Los Angeles County

BACKGROUND

16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner confined to the California State Prison, Los Angeles County (“CSP- 17 LAC”), filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 10, 2024. The Court 18 granted Plaintiff in forma pauperis status on June 5, 2024. 19 Although somewhat difficult to decipher, the original Complaint appeared to allege the 20 following: 21 On April 15, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Plaintiff and fellow prisoner 22 Keivon Swint “had a physical altercation” (Complaint, p. 7). Consequently, Plaintiff and 23 Swint were placed in holding cells in the CSP-LAC Facility C gym pending interviews by 24 supervisory staff (id., pp. 6-7). At approximately 2:30 p.m., Correctional Officer M. 25 Salazar opened Swint’s holding cell to allow Swint to use the restroom (id., p. 8). Salazar 26 did not handcuff Swint or accompany him to the restroom (id.). When Swint returned 27 from the restroom, Swint “walked up to the Plaintiff’s holding cage without any ‘interference from custody,’” and spit on Plaintiff’s face, hair and arms (id., pp. 8-9). Salazar observed the spitting incident, but she allowed Swint to return to his holding cell…