(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, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS ACTION FOR LACK OF

v. SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION

KCSO ADMINISTRATION, et al., 14-DAY DEADLINE

Defendants. Clerk of the Court to Assign a District Judge 16 Plaintiff’s complaint is before the Court for screening pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth below, the Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s claims, and the Prison Litigation Reform Act bars his claim for emotional damages. The Court recommends that this action be dismissed. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff is incarcerated at High Desert State Prison. (Doc. 13.) He alleges that officials at the 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…