(PC) Barnes v. Director, CA Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ANTOINE DESHAWN BARNES, No. 2:20-cv-0861 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that he is being denied the benefit of custody credits because the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is closed to intake. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2), motion for immediate release (ECF No. 5), and his complaint for screening (ECF No. 1). For the reasons set forth below, the court will recommend that plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis be denied as moot, that his motion for immediate release be denied, and the complaint be dismissed without leave to amend. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted…