Keiron Elias v. RC Johnson, et al.

I. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

18 On August 10, 2020, Plaintiff Keiron M. Elias – who is in custody, is 19 proceeding pro se, and was subsequently granted leave to proceed without 20 prepayment of filing fees – filed a document which this Court construed to be a 21 Civil Rights Complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) against multiple 22 California officials, claiming that overcrowding and other conditions had placed 23 inmates such as Plaintiff at an unreasonable risk of contracting the COVID-19 24 virus, in violation of Plaintiff’s constitutional rights. (Docket Nos. 1, 4). Plaintiff 25 sought an emergency release order, $50 million in damages in the event that she 26 27 1Plaintiff allegedly identifies as a transgender woman and generally uses female pronouns 28 to refer to herself, so the Court does so as well. contracted COVID-19 while in prison, and $100 million in damages if she died as a result. (Docket No. 1). On November 23, 2021, this Court issued an Order (“November 2021 Order”) denying Plaintiff’s request for an emergency release order and screening the Original Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B), 1915A, and 42 U.S.C. §…