Flores

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

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS ACTION FOR LACK OF

v. SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION

FLORES, 14-DAY DEADLINE Defendant. 16 Plaintiff’s complaint is before the Court for screening pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth below, the Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s claims, and the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) bars his claims for mental or emotional damages. The Court therefore recommends that this action be dismissed. I. BACKGROUND 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…