John Archer v. Stephen Retter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION JOHN ARCHER, JOVAN NEALY, ) Case No. 2:20-cv-00759-DSF (JDE) ) an MARCUS DIGGS, and ) Absent Unamed Plaintiffs, ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ) OF DISMISSAL ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) 15 ) STEPHEN RETTER, DOE’s 1 thru ) 16 10, and CCHCS et al., ) ) ) Defendants. ) 18 I. INTRODUCTION On January 24, 2020, John Archer and Marcus Diggs (“Plaintiffs”), prisoners in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) at California State Prison in Lancaster, California (the “Prison”), proceeding pro se, presented for filing a “Civil Rights Complaint,” citing 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983” or “§ 1983”), identifying themselves, Jovan Nealy and “42 Absent Un[n]amed” persons as plaintiffs, although only Plaintiffs signed the Complaint, and Stephen Retter, Does 1-10, 28 …