(PC) Davila v. United States

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MICHAEL A. DAVILA, Case No. 1:23-cv-00646-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING CONSTRUED MOTION TO SCREEN AND DIRECTING CLERK TO 13 v. ISSUE FIRST INFORMATIONAL ORDER IN PRISONER/CIVIL DETAINEE CIVIL UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, et al., RIGHTS CASE 15 Defendants. (Doc. No. 8) 18 On July 3, 2025, the case was reassigned to the undersigned. (Doc. No. 9). The Court will direct the Clerk of Court to issue the undersigned’s First Informational Order in Prisoner/Civil Detainee Civil Rights Case.

21 A review of the docket reveals that Plaintiff, a federal prisoner, initiated this action on April 27, 2023 by filing a civil complaint. (Doc. No. 1). Pending is Plaintiff’s motion for explanation filed on March 24, 2025. (Doc. No. 8). The Court construes the motion as a request to screen Plaintiff’s operative pleading pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915A.

25 Courts possess inherent authority not governed “by rule or statute, but by control necessarily vested in courts to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Dietz v. Bouldin, 579 U.S. 40, 45 (2016) (citations omitted).

28 While this Court endeavors to handle all matters as expeditiously as possible, it has “one of the | heaviest caseloads in the nation” and had operated under a declared judicial emergency due to | delays in filling judicial vacancies, which was further exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

3 | As noted, this case was recently reassigned to the undersigned, and this Court intends to issue a | screening order as promptly as its docket permits.

5 ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby ORDERED: 6 1. The Clerk of Court shall issue the undersigned FIRST INFORMATIONAL ORDER 7 IN PRISONER/CIVIL DETAINEE CIVIL RIGHTS CASE.

8 2. Plaintiff's construed motion (Doc. NO. 8) is GRANTED to the extent the Court 9 acknowledges Plaintiff's operative complaint is pending and requires screening 10 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. $1915A.

Dated: __July 21, 2025 Mle Wh fareh Zack 13 HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA 4 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE