(PC) Chandler v. County of Shasta

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MICHAEL BRIAN CHANDLER, Case No. 2:21-cv-00137-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

v. PAUPERIS AS MOOT COUNTY OF SHASTA, et al., ECF No. 5 Defendants. SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF: (1) FILE AN AMENDED

COMPLAINT; OR

16 (2) NOTIFY THE COURT THAT HE WISHES TO STAND BY HIS

COMPLAINT, SUBJECT TO

DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS AND

DEFENDANTS

19 ECF No. 1

SIXTY-DAY DEADLINE

21 22 Plaintiff alleges that, while he was held in the Shasta County Jail, defendants failed to 23 adhere to health guidelines and exposed him to a heightened risk of contracting Covid-19. ECF 24 No. 1 at 3. This claim is not adequately pled. I will give plaintiff a chance to amend his 25 complaint before recommending that it be dismissed. I will also deny plaintiff’s application to 26 proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 5, as…