Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN MELENDEZ, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01393-DAD-BAK (SAB) Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS,

IN PART

CDCR SECRETARY RALPH DIAZ, as an individual and in his official capacity, et (Doc. No. 16) al.,

Defendants. 17 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss filed by defendant California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) Secretary Ralph Diaz and defendant Avenal State Prison (“ASP”) Warden Rosemary Ndoh (collectively, “defendants”), on March 4, 2021. (Doc. No. 16.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health

The undersigned apologizes for the excessive delay in the issuance of this order. This court’s overwhelming caseload has been well publicized and the long-standing lack of judicial resources in this district long-ago reached crisis proportion. That situation has now been partially addressed by the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of a district judge for one of this…