Rodgers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KYLE B. RODGERS, et al., Case No. 24-cv-01998-VC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 2, 3,

KEEFE COMMISSARY NETWORK

SALES,

Defendant.

Kyle Rodgers, Michael Rodgers and Albert Martinez, detainees at Santa Cruz County Jail proceeding pro se, jointly filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a company that provides shampoo to the facility. Plaintiffs argue that the shampoo contains cancer causing chemicals and is not properly labeled pursuant to California Proposition 65. Lead plaintiff Kyle Rodgers states that the other plaintiffs have given him permission to represent them. Generally, pro se plaintiffs are prohibited from pursuing claims on behalf of others in a representative capacity. See Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc., 546 F.3d 661, 664-65 (9th Cir. 2008). The court also considers the procedural hurdles to plaintiffs’ joinder. If plaintiffs proceed as a group, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, each plaintiff must sign every filing made in this case on behalf of the group. The failure of any plaintiff to sign a particular pleading could be prejudicial to…