(PC) Ryles v. California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation at (SATF) Corcoran State Prison ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL JAMES RYLES, No. 1:21-cv-00064-NONE-JLT (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING 13 v. ACTION 14 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF (Doc. No. 7) CORRECTION, et al., 15 16 Defendants. Clerk of the Court to close the case. 17 18 Plaintiff Michael James Ryles is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 19 in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States 20 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 21 On November 30, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and 22 recommendations recommending that the action be dismissed due to plaintiff’s failure to state a 23 claim upon which relief can be granted. (Doc. No. 10.) In particular, the magistrate judge found 24 the following: plaintiff was not entitled to compassionate release1; claims against defendants 25 California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation and the Substance Abuse Treatment 26 27 1 Nothing in this order should be construed to suggest that the federal compassionate release 1 | Facility at Corcoran State Prison are barred under Eleventh Amendment immunity;” the 2 | complaint lacks sufficient allegations against the warden; and plaintiff may not seek damages for 3 | mental or emotional injury absent a prior showing of physical injury. Id. 4 The findings and recommendations were served on plaintiff and provided him fourteen 5 | (14) days to file objections thereto. Plaintiff has not filed any objections, and the time do so has 6 || passed. 7 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this court has conducted a 8 | de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the court finds the findings 9 | and recommendations to be supported by the record and proper analysis. The only forms of relief 10 || requested (release from custody and damages for mental or emotional injury) are unavailable to 11 | plaintiff under § 1983. 12 Accordingly, 13 1. The findings and recommendations issued on November 30, 2021, (Doc. No. 7), are 14 | adopted in full; 15 2. This action is dismissed without prejudice due to plaintiff's failure to state a claim; and 16 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to assign a district judge to this case for the purposes 17 | of closure and then to close this case. 18 | ITIS SO ORDERED. Dated: _ December 27, 2021 fee | ae 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 21 22 23 24 25 | — SSS 6 > In the discussion, section III(C) is labeled as “Qualified Immunity” and appears to be a scrivener’s error. Qualified immunity “is a defense available only to government officials sued in 97 | their individual capacities. It is not available to those sued only in their official capacities.” Cmty. House, Inc. v. City of Boise, 623 F.3d 945, 965 (9th Cir. 2010). Section III(C) would have 28 || been more appropriately styled as addressing “Eleventh Circuit Immunity.” Because this error is non-substantive, the court nonetheless adopts this portion of the findings and recommendations.