(PC) Linder v. Soltenian et al, No. 2:2018cv02281 - Document 30 (E.D. Cal. 2019)

Court Description: ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 12/18/19 ADOPTING 26 Findings and Recommendations in full; DENYING 19 Motion to Dismiss or for a more definite statements. GRANTING 24 Motion for Summary Judgment; Defendants Smith and Soltenian are DISMISSED from this action, which proceeds against defendants Galang and Pucelik only. (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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(PC) Linder v. Soltenian et al Doc. 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DUANE LINDER, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:18-CV-2281-JAM-DMC-P v. ORDER JALAL SOLTENIAN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 17 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 19 Eastern District of California local rules. On November 4, 2019, the Magistrate Judge filed findings and recommendations 20 21 herein which were served on the parties and which contained notice that the parties may file 22 objections within the time specified therein. No objections to the findings and recommendations 23 have been filed. The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be 24 25 supported by the record and the Magistrate Judge’s analysis. 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. The findings and recommendations filed November 4, 2019, are adopted in 2. The motion to dismiss or for a more definite statement filed by defendants 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 full; Galang and Pucelik (ECF No. 19) is denied; 3. The unopposed motion for summary judgment filed by defendants Smith and Soltenian (ECF No. 24) is granted; and 4. Defendants Smith and Soltenian are dismissed from this action, which proceeds against defendants Galang and Pucelik only. 10 11 12 13 DATED: December 18, 2019 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ _____ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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