(PC) Bland v. Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, Case No. 1:20-cv-01624-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK

v. OF SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION

KEN CLARK, 21-DAY DEADLINE Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Joshua Davis Bland is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action. At the time he filed his complaint, Plaintiff was incarcerated at California State Prison, Corcoran (“CSP-Cor”). (Doc. 1 at 1.) In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges that prison officials at CSP-Cor planned to transfer him to Kern Valley State Prison (“KVSP”), where he would be subject to “harassment, . . . batteries, abuses, and retaliation[ ]” by other inmates and correctional officers. (Id. at 3.) Plaintiff states that the anticipated transfer caused him “extreme emotional distress and severe mental anguish,” and he seeks an injunction providing that he be transferred to Mule…