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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT DAMON EPPS, Case No. 2:21-cv-02593-ODW-KES

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER DIS MISSING ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

LAC, FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

Defendant.

I.

BACKGROUND

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.) He requested assignment to a single cell based on his 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. (Dkt. 6); see 28 1 …