Anthony Davis Williams v. William P. Barr

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 ANTHONY DAVIS WILLIAMS, Case No. 2:20-cv-05005-JVS (MAA) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL v. 14 WILLIAM P. BARR et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 On June 5, 2020, Plaintiff Anthony Davis Williams (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, filed a Complaint alleging violations of his civil rights pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). (Compl., ECF No. 1.) The Complaint alleges First Amendment retaliation and violations of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishments and deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, all arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Id., at 3–5.) The Complaint seeks the following injunctive relief: (1) immediate full medical treatment; (2) renewal of Plaintiff’s special diet; (3) cessation of discrimination against Plaintiff for exercising his rights to petition the government; and (4) immediate fourteen-day quarantine away from COVID-19-infected inmates and release from the custody and care of Defendants to home confinement. (Id.,…