Marcus R. Ellington, Sr. v. California Dept. of Corr. and Reh., Secretary of

INTRODUCTION

19 Plaintiff Marcus R. Ellington, Sr. (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma 20 pauperis, filed a Complaint (“Complaint”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 21 1983”) and 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq. (“Religious Land Use and Institutionalized 22 Person Act” or “RLUIPA”). For the reasons discussed below, the Court dismisses 23 the Complaint with leave to amend.

II.

BACKGROUND

26 On October 4, 2020, Plaintiff, who is currently an inmate at California State 27 Prison – Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California (“CSP-LAC”), constructively filed1 a Complaint pursuant to Section 1983 and RLUIPA against the following defendants: (1) State of California, (2) Secretary of the Department of Corrections, (3) J. Clark Kelso, (4) R.C. Johnson, (5) C. Galstian, (6) M. Lewis, (7) B. Ramos, (8) S. Gates, (9), Ha/Haas, (10) S. John, (11) T. Lewandowski, (12) E. Lake, (13) D. Ulstad, and (14) CSP-LAC Religious Review Committee/Does 1-10. ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 1. All individual defendants are sued in both their individual and official capacities. Id. at 7-9. The allegations in the Complaint are divided into two sections: “Denial of…