Jacobs

I. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

18 On July 27, 2021, 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 an unsigned Civil Rights Complaint (“Original 21 Complaint”) based on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) and the Religious Land 22 Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), 114 Stat. 803, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq., among other grounds. (Docket Nos. 1, 5). Plaintiff 24 sued five Defendants at California State Prison - Los Angeles County (“CSP- 25 LAC”) in their individual and official capacities, claimed that Defendants violated 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. 1 || her rights under the First and Eighth Amendments and RLUIPA by subjecting her 2 || to a strip search by male officers, and sought monetary and injunctive relief. 3 || (Docket No. at 3-4, 11). On November 11, 2021, the Magistrate Judge issued an Order (“November 5 || 2021 Order’) screening the Original Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 6 || §§ 1915(e)(2)(B), …