The following excerpt is from Barrios v. Ferrara, No. 2:17-cv-0415 KJM CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
Defendant Ferrara moves to dismiss plaintiff's claim for injunctive relief as moot. When a prisoner is transferred to a different facility claims for injunctive relief generally become moot. Nelson v. Heiss, 271 F.3d 891, 897 (9th Cir. 2001). There does not appear to be a reason to depart from that rule here as it is not clear when or if plaintiff will ever return to the Solano County jail, if so for how long, if he will still be suffering from migraine headaches when he returns, and/or whether the treatment prescribed, or lack thereof, will be the same when he
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