Harris

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MAURICE LYDELL HARRIS, Case No. 21-cv-00283-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO ADD

DEFENDANT WITHOUT PREJUDICE

v. TO FILING SECOND AMENDED

COMPLAINT

CLERIC MUHAMMAD, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 21 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison (“SQSP”), has filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 7, 2022, the Court screened the operative complaint (Dkt. No. 8) and found that it stated cognizable claims against defendants SQSP Muslim cleric Muhammad (K. Fasish) and SQSP Christian chaplain Jackson for violation of the First Amendment’s free exercise clause, the Eighth Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. Dkt. No. 13. Plaintiff has requested leave to amend the operative complaint to add as a defendant Chaplain Charles Richey, the community resources manager of the Religious Programs Oversight Unit,…