Margrini

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 BILLY JOE GRAY-GARRIGUS, Case No. 2:21-cv-00706-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER:

v. (1) DIRECTING SERVICE OF THE FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT AGAINST

SHASTA COUNTY JAIL, et al., DEFENDANTS ERIK MARGRINI,

RANDALL, AND MARLAR

Defendants. (2) DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO THIS

ACTION

16 ECF No. 9

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT DEFENDANT SHASTA COUNTY

JAIL BE DISMISSED

20 Plaintiff Billy Joe Gray-Garrigus alleges that defendants Erik Margrini, Randall, and Marlar violated his Eighth Amendment rights by forcing him to share a jail cell with an inmate who they knew, or should have known, was COVID-positive. ECF No. 9 at 3-4. As a result, plaintiff contracted the disease. Id. at 3. These allegations state, for screening purposes, a cognizable deliberate indifference claim. I recommend dismissing defendant Shasta County Jail, however, insofar as it is not named in the amended…