Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HENRY A. JONES, JR. Case No.: 21cv0162-MMA (RBM)

CDCR #P-69574,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS v. AND GRANTING MOTION FOR AN

EXTENTION OF TIME TO SERVE

MARCUS POLLARD, Warden, DEFENDANTS KATHLEEN ALLISON, Secretary,

Defendants. [Doc. Nos. 16, 18] 17 18 On January 27, 2021, Henry A. Jones, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner incarcerated at the R. J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”), in San Diego, California, proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant 42 U.S.C. § 1983 along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. See Doc. Nos. 1-2. Plaintiff claims Defendants were deliberately indifferent to his health and safety in violation of the Eighth Amendment based on their decision to use the mental health building at RJD, where Plaintiff is housed, to quarantine inmates infected with Covid-19, thereby…