(PC) Adams v. California Prison Industry Authority

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM ADAMS, Case No. 2:20-cv-01901-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANT CDCR

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES

v. STIPULATION AND DENYING ITS

MOTION TO DISMISS AS MOOT

CALIFORNIA PRISON INDUSTRY AUTHORITY, et al., ECF Nos. 17, 24 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act. I previously screened the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and found that plaintiff’s official capacity claims against all defendants could proceed against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”). Id. After being served, CDCR filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that CDCR is not the proper defendant for plaintiff’s official capacity claims under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act. ECF No. 17.

1 I also found that plaintiff’s individual capacity claims against the three individual 26…