(PC) Gann v. Valley State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATHANIEL MARCUS GANN, et al., 1:19-cv-01797-GSA-PC

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

vs. (ECF No. 3.)

VALLEY STATE PRISON, et al., ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

EXCEPTION TO THE 25-PAGE LIMIT

Defendants. FOR THE COMPLAINT FILED ON

DECEMBER 26, 2019

(ECF No. 4.)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

CLASS CERTIFICATION

(ECF No. 5.)

19 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Nathaniel Marcus Gann (“Gann”) and fourteen co-plaintiffs1 are all prisoners proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff Gann is proceeding in forma pauperis. The Complaint commencing this action was filed on December 26, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) 25 1 The fifteen named plaintiffs are (1) Nathaniel Marcus Gann, (2) Melvin Hiram Thomas, (3) David E. Phillips, (4) Jose Reyes, (5) Alton King, (6) John F.…