Jones v. Department of Corrections

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT TACOMA 8 BARTHOLOMEW LEE JONES, 9 Plaintiff, Case No. C23-5572-JCC-MLP 10 v. ORDER DECLINING TO SERVE 11 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., COMPLAINT AND GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND 12 Defendants. 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY CONCLUSION 15 Plaintiff Bartholomew Jones is currently confined at the Western State Hospital (“WSH”) 16 in Lakewood, Washington. He has submitted to this Court for filing a prisoner civil rights 17 complaint, which is properly construed as one filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and an 18…