(PC) Howell v. Johnson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KAREEM J. HOWELL, No. 2:19-cv-0611 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND J. JOHNSON, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds without counsel in a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants move for an order declaring plaintiff to be a vexatious litigant under federal law and requiring him to post security in the amount of $8,800 pursuant to Local Rule 151(b) before this matter proceeds. (ECF No. 21.) Plaintiff opposes the motion and defendants filed a reply. (ECF Nos. 29, 30.) I. Background This action (the “present case”) involves conduct that allegedly occurred in March of 2019 while plaintiff was at CSP-SAC. (ECF No. 1.) The complaint alleges plaintiff had filed a prior civil rights action against defendants at CSP-SAC (the “prior lawsuit”). The prior lawsuit alleged conduct by Sgt. J. Johnson and C/O S. Snowden, who are…