(PC) Greer v. KCSO Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONOVAN SHANE GREER, Case No. 1:21-cv-00108-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK

v. OF SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION

KCSO ADMINISTRATION, et al., 21-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Donovan Shane Greer is incarcerated at High Desert State Prison. (Doc. 13.) He alleges that officials at a Kern County jail, where he was previously incarcerated, violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment by failing to adequately sanitize his living quarters and to test him for COVID-19. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff contends that these conditions of confinement placed him at risk of contracting COVID-19 and caused him emotional harm. (Id. at 3-4.) He seeks compensatory damages and injunctive relief regarding the conditions. (Id. at 3.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s claims, and his claim for emotional damages is…