CDCR
(PC) Melton v. CDCR
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES ANDREW MELTON, Case No. 2:21-cv-00833-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO
v. DISMISS BE GRANTED CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ECF No.
CORRECTION AND
REHABILITATION, et al., OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN
DAYS
Defendants. 17 Plaintiff, a former state prisoner proceeding with counsel, brings this civil rights action against California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations; Giselle Matteson, the warden of California State Prison Solano County; and correctional officers Petersen and O’Faire. He alleges that in March 2020, while he was incarcerated at CSP-Solano County, Petersen and O’Faire were supervising inmates working in one of the prison’s buildings. The inmates allegedly ran an extension cord through the middle of the room without placing yellow warning cones around the cord. Plaintiff, who is disabled and uses a cane to walk, caught his foot on…