Girrot

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KYLE ANDREW WILLIAMS, Case No.: 23cv1899-RSH (MSB)

Plaintiff,

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION FOR

v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT

GIROUD’S PARTIAL MOTION TO

M. GIROUD, et al.,

DISMISS [ECF NO. 7]

Defendants. 16 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Kyle Andrew Williams (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See ECF Nos. 1 & 4.) On December 15, 2023, the Court screened Plaintiff’s Complaint as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and found that Plaintiff alleged cognizable First Amendment and Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act claims. (See ECF No. 4 at 5‒6.) Presently before the Court is Defendant M. Giroud’s February 27, 2024, Partial Motion to Dismiss, asserting the Court lacks jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s RLUIPA claim because it is moot. (See ECF No. 7.) On…