Shakur

I. BACKGROUND

25 Plaintiff’s allegations are as follows. Plaintiff is an inmate at Centinela State 26 Prison. On October 21, 2021, Plaintiff asserts that he applied to be considered for the 27 28 Male Community Re-entry Program (“MCRP”). ECF No. 1 at 3. Plaintiff alleges that he was told that he was not eligible because there was no such program based on his county of last residence. Id. Plaintiff alleges that the CDCR chief admitted that he was eligible in other respects but for this reason. Id. Plaintiff alleges that this is a violation of his equal protection rights because other inmates had been transferred out under the MCRP and their county of last residence is not a valid reason to make a distinction. Id. Further, Plaintiff alleges that he has been transferred to many other states during his prison sentence and it did not make sense for the prison to refuse to transfer him to another county under the MCRP. Id. Plaintiff requests that he be permitted to transfer to an MCRP program in San Diego or Los Angeles County, after his earliest parole date of February 13, 2023, and requests damages against Defendant. Id. at 7. …