Gregory Spatcher v. J. Rivera

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY SPATCHER, Case No. 5:20-cv-01705-DSF-KES

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v.

COMPLAINT SHOULD NOT BE

J. RIVERA, et al., DISMISSED FOR FAILING TO PAY

FILING FEE AND

Defendants. (1) FAILING TO QUALIFY FOR IFP;

OR (2) VIOLATING RULE 11

I.

BACKGROUND Plaintiff Gregory Spatcher (“Plaintiff”) filed a civil rights lawsuit against staff members at the California Institute for Men in Chino alleging that they violated his First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights by (1) placing him with “special needs” inmates and then failing to protect him from inmates who threatened and assaulted him, (2) failing to process his grievances about assaults, illegal drug use, and sexual activity within his housing unit, (3) failing to provide an adequate diet accounting for his food allergies, (4) failing to provide adequate 28…