Allison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ASALI M. RICHARDSON, Case No. 1:21-cv-00070-BAK (GSA) (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS COMPLAINT FOR

v. FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

ALLISON, et al., (ECF No. 1)

Defendants.

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

16 Clerk of Court to assign a district judge. 17 Plaintiff Asali M. Richardson is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that Defendants violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment by demonstrating medical indifference to Plaintiff’s exposure to and contraction of COVID-19 (“COVID”). (ECF No. 1.) In particular, Plaintiff claims that Defendants ignored her CDCR form 602 inmate appeals submitted in order to avoid exposure to COVID. Additionally, Plaintiff asserts that Defendants violated her rights by placing her in a “high risk” medical category. After…