(PC) Navarro v. Cate, et al., No. 1:2020cv00810 - Document 270 (E.D. Cal. 2020)

Court Description: ORDER DIRECTING Clerk of the Court to Assign a District Judge; FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS to Dismiss Defendants and Claims re 117 Amended Complaint, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 12/1/2020. Referred to Judge Ishii; Objections to F&R due within 14 days. (Rivera, O)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARIO LOUIS NAVARRO, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. CATE, et al., 15 Case No. 1:20-cv-00810-JLT (PC) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS DEFENDANTS AND CLAIMS 14-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. Clerk of the Court to Assign a District Judge 16 17 On October 11, 2020, the Court screened Plaintiff’s third amended complaint (Doc. 117) 18 19 and found that it states cognizable claims of retaliation against Defendants Daveiga and Ruiz. 20 (Doc. 268.) The Court found that the complaint’s remaining claims were not cognizable. (Id.) The 21 Court therefore directed Plaintiff, within 21 days, to file a fourth amended complaint curing the 22 deficiencies in his pleading or to notify the Court that he wishes to proceed only on the claims 23 found cognizable. (Id. at 10-11.) The Court cautioned Plaintiff that failure to comply with the 24 order would result in a recommendation “that this action proceed only on the claims found 25 cognizable … and that all other claims and defendants be dismissed with prejudice.” (Id. at 11.) 26 Plaintiff has not filed a fourth amended complaint or otherwise responded to the Court’s 27 screening order, and the time to do so has passed. 28 /// 1 Accordingly, the Court RECOMMENDS that (1) Defendants Adams, Brooks, Chastain, 2 Comates, Davis, Grannis, Guzman, Hough, Junious, Neri, Rosenthal, Sheppard-Brooks, and 3 Wortmanbe be DISMISSED, and (2) the claims in Plaintiff’s third amended complaint be 4 DISMISSED, except for its claims of retaliation against Defendants Daveiga and Ruiz, pursuant 5 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to assign a district judge to this 6 action. 7 These Findings and Recommendations will be submitted to the United States District 8 Judge assigned to this case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within 14 days 9 of the date of service of these Findings and Recommendations, Plaintiff may file written 10 objections with the Court. The document should be captioned, “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s 11 Findings and Recommendations.” Failure to file objections within the specified time may result in 12 waiver of rights on appeal. Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834, 839 (9th Cir. 2014) (citing 13 Baxter v. Sullivan, 923 F.2d 1391, 1394 (9th Cir. 1991)). 14 15 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: December 1, 2020 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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