CDCR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION 11 GREGORY DOWNS, ) No. 2:20-cv-11251-JLS (JDE) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) ) v. ) ) CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT ) )

OF CORRECTIONS &

) REHABILITATION, ) ) ) Defendant. ) 19 I. INTRODUCTION On October 14, 2020, Gregory Downs (“Downs”) an inmate at California Men’s Colony, in San Luis Obispo, California (the “Prison”), proceeding pro se, filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (“Northern District”) a three-page pleading captioned “This action being filed under the July 22, 2020 order of District Judge Jon Tigar to CDCR pretaining COVID-19,” naming the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) as the sole defendant/respondent. Dkt. 1 (“Complaint”). Downs did not pay the…