(PC) Jacks v. Mitchell
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY LEE JACKS, No. 2:23-cv-1338 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
MITCHELL, et al., Defendants. 16 This action was initiated on July 7, 2023, when the named plaintiff in this matter, Larry Lee Jacks, a prisoner at High Desert State Prison, filed a document entitled “Declaration.” (ECF No. 1.) In it, he accuses a correctional officer of lying in a rules violation report issued against another prisoner, LeMonta Maddox. (Id.) After the court ordered Mr. Jacks to file an application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the filing fee, he filed a notice clarifying that he is a witness to the events at issue in Maddox v. Lara, 2:22-cv-1545 AC P (E.D. Cal.), and that he intended to file the document which the court construed as a complaint as a declaration in the Maddox case. (ECF Nos. 4, 5.) This civil action was opened due to a clerical error. (See ECF No. 5.) The undersigned will…