Flores

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, Case No. 1:21-cv-01491-NONE-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

v. SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

FLORES, 21-DAY DEADLINE Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Christopher Johnson is incarcerated at North Kern State Prison. (See Doc. 1 at 1.) He alleges that on January 11, 2021, Defendant Flores placed him in a cell with another inmate who turned out to have COVID-19. (Id. at 3.) Plaintiff contends that Defendant was thereby deliberately indifferent to his health; and, he seeks compensatory damages as relief. (Id. at 3, 6.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s claims, or Plaintiff’s claims are barred by the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Therefore, Plaintiff must show cause why this action should not be dismissed. II. DISCUSSION To have standing, a plaintiff “must show that [he] has suffered an…