(PC) Talamantes v. Merced County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFREY TALAMANTES, 1:20-cv-01643-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT PLAINTIFF’S

vs. MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTIVE RELIEF BE DENIED

MERCED COUNTY JAIL, et al., (ECF No. 8.)

Defendants. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

21 I. BACKGROUND Jeffrey Talamantes (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on November 18, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) The Complaint awaits the court’s requisite screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. On April 26, 2021, Plaintiff filed a request for the court to compel staff at Merced County Jail to provide him with copies of all of the grievances he submitted. Plaintiff also reports that he has been retaliated against by staff at Merced County Jail causing him to serve more time and 2…