Jose P. Mitchell v. Los Angeles County Sheriff Department

Case 2:21-cv-07789-MWF-KES Document Filed 08/30/ Page 1 of Page ID #:166

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE P. MITCHELL, Case No. 2:21-cv-07789-MWF-KES

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER DIS MISSING ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

I.

BACKGROUND In September 2021, Jose P. Mitchell (“Plaintiff”), an inmate in state custody, filed what appeared to be a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against government entities, officers, and/or employees. (“Complaint” at Dkt. 1.) The Complaint alleged that the L.A. Sheriff’s Department had “fail[ed] to social distance” prisoners at a county jail in compliance with COVID-19 protocols. (Id. at 1.) The Court reviewed the Complaint under the Prison Litigation Reform Act 28 1 Case 2:21-cv-07789-MWF-KES Document Filed…