(PC) Fields v. Director of CDCR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLTON DWAYNE FIELDS, No. 2: 18-cv-00653 MCE KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SCOTT KERNAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the reasons stated herein, defendants are granted thirty days to file a supplemental summary judgment motion. On June 15, 2018, the court dismissed plaintiff’s claim challenging his alleged placement on the general population yard for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. (ECF No. 14.) On September 5, 2019, the undersigned recommended that this action be dismissed on the grounds that plaintiff’s second amended complaint failed to state potentially colorable claims for relief. (ECF No. 24.) In the second amended complaint, plaintiff alleged that defendants denied his requests for single-cell status despite his history of in-cell violence and mental health problems. (Id. at 4.) …