(PC) Mitchell v. CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN EDWARD MITCHELL, Case No. 1:24-cv-0522 JLT BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING
v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS FOR
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
CA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION, et al., (Docs. 3, 8, 9, and13) 15 Defendants. 16 John Edward Mitchell is a state prisoner and seeks to hold the defendants—including the CDCR, the Secretary of the CDCR, the Warden at Kern Valley State Prison, and several correctional officers— liable for violations of his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See generally Doc. 1.) Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief, asserting that he has a continued risk of retaliatory acts that include physical assault, false rules violations report, mail withholding, violations of his religious rights, and other potential unconstitutional conditions of confinement. (See Docs. 3, 8, and 9.) The magistrate judge found Plaintiff failed to show he is entitled to…