Jenkins
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JENKINS, Case No. 21-cv-06485-PJH
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF TRANSFER
v.
, Defendant.
12 This is a civil rights case brought pro se by a state prisoner. Plaintiff is incarcerated in the Eastern District of Michigan and raises claims against defendants in that district. He states that the Internal Revenue Service sent to him at his prison his economic impact payment (“EIP”) pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (The “CARES Act”), Pub. L. No. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281 (2020). He 17 contends that prison officials deducted money for restitution and other charges. For 18 relief, he seeks prison officials in Michigan to provide him his funds. 19 In Scholl v. Mnuchin, 494 F. Supp. 3d 661 (N.D. Cal. 2020) this court found that 20 the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service could not withhold advance 21 refunds or credits to individuals solely because they were incarcerated. Id. at 692. To 22 the extent plaintiff requests to proceed with his claim in this…