Adam Jonathan Cocco v. County of Orange

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADAM JONATHAN COCCO, Case No. 8:23-cv-00400-GW-PD

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION v. FOR FAILURE TO

PROSECUTE

14 COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al. 15 Defendants.

I. Pertinent Procedural History and Plaintiff’s Claims

18 On March 7, 2023, Plaintiff Adam Jonathan Cocco, proceeding pro se, 19 filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. [Dkt. No. 1.] The Complaint 20 alleges Plaintiff’s First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were 21 violated while he was a pre-trial detainee at the Orange County Men’s 22 Central Jail (“the Jail”). [Id. at 5-6.] Plaintiff also alleges claims under the 23 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) and Religious Land Use and 24 Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”). [Id. at 1-2.] 25 The gravamen of the Complaint is that the Jail denied Plaintiff access 26 to religious materials and denied him a kosher diet. [Id. at 2.] The Complaint 27 consists of 150 pages of rambling statements, exhibits, bible verses, and 28 contradictory…