LAC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:21-cv-02593-ODW-KES Date: May 27, 2021

Title: ROBERT DAMON EPPS v. LAC

PRESENT:

THE HONORABLE KAREN E. SCOTT, U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Jazmin Dorado Not Present Courtroom Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR

PLAINTIFF: DEFENDANTS:

None Present None Present

PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS): Order to Show Cause Why this Action Should Not Be Dismissed

In March 2021, Robert Damon Epps (“Plaintiff”), an inmate in state custody who is proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (“Complaint” at Dkt. 1.) The Complaint requested assignment to a single cell based on Plaintiff’s fear of physical assault by other inmates. (Id. at 5.) The Court reviewed the Complaint under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), and found that it failed to state a claim against LAC (California State Prison-Los Angeles County), the prison where Plaintiff is currently housed and the only Defendant named in the Complaint. …