Jose Cosme Sandoval v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Case 2:23-cv-00532-JLS-SK Document Filed 01/31/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:23-cv-00532-JLS (SK) Date: January 31, 2023 Title Jose Cosme Sandoval v. Cal. Dep’t of Corr. & Rehab. et al.

Present: The Honorable: Steve Kim, United States Magistrate Judge

Connie Chung n/a Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiff: Attorneys Present for Defendants: None present None present

Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Plaintiff is a former California state inmate who seeks to recover $50 million from each of three state correctional agencies under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for not releasing him on parole sooner. (ECF 1 at 1-5). But the named defendants—the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the California Board of Parole Hearings, and the California Board of Prison Terms—are immune from such damages suit under the Eleventh Amendment. See Welch v. Texas Dep’t of Highways & Pub. Transp., 483 U.S. 468, 472-74…