(PC) Kidwell v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JASON SCOTT HARPER, Case No. 1:22-cv-00253-JLT-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO FILE AMENDED PLEADING CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF (ECF Nos. 1, 9)

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATIONS, et al., Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Jason Scott Harper is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action. (ECF Nos. 1, 11). Plaintiff has submitted two substantive filings in this case. The first is Plaintiff’s February 28, 2022 “Petition for Writ of Mandate,” which is thirty pages and generally accuses the respondents, which include prison entities and officials, of a host of constitutional violations. (ECF No. 1) (capitalization omitted). On March 21, 2022, Plaintiff filed a notice complaining about the docket categorizing this case as a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action when Plaintiff intends for it be considered a mandamus action. (ECF No. 6). The second filing is Plaintiff’s “Supplemental to Writ of Mandate,” which is seven…