(PC) Coleman v. California Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAAHDI COLEMAN, No. 2:21-cv-00625-TLN-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 35. Defendants Lynch, Morgan, Thompson, Collinsworth, Manson, Stewart, Jones, Nguyen, Burkhart, Frederick, Contreras, and Allison1, relying in part on federal court records in the class action lawsuit Coleman v. Newsom, No. 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB (PC) (E.D. Cal.) (the “Coleman class action”), move to dismiss plaintiff’s Eighth and 14th Amendment claims against them under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). In addition, these defendants seek to dismiss the request for prospective injunctive relief against defendant Allison

26 1 Under the screening order, plaintiff proceeds on a potentially cognizable claim for prospective injunctive relief against defendant…