(PC) Navarro v. StClair ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GILBERT NAVARRO, Case No. 1:20-cv-00524-SKO (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS OFFICIAL-CAPACITY 13 v. CLAIMS 14 J. STCLAIR, et al., 14-DAY DEADLINE 15 Defendants. Clerk of the Court to assign a District Judge 16 17 On August 14, 2020, the Court screened Plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found 18 that it states cognizable claims of deliberate indifference against the defendants in their individual 19 capacities, but not in their official capacities. (Doc. 10.) The Court therefore directed Plaintiff to 20 file a second amended complaint curing the deficiencies in his pleading or to notify the Court that 21 he wishes to proceed only on his individual-capacity claims. (Id. at 1, 4.) 22 On August 26, 2020, Plaintiff filed a notice that he wishes to “proceed on the cognizable 23 claims against the named defendants in their ‘individual capacities’” and to “dismiss[] his official 24 capacity claims.” (Doc. 11.) Accordingly, and for the reasons set forth in the Court’s screening 25 order (Doc. 10), the Court RECOMMENDS that Plaintiff’s official-capacity claims be 26 DISMISSED. The Court DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to assign a district judge to this action. 27 These Findings and Recommendations will be submitted to the United States District 1 the date of service of these Findings and Recommendations, Plaintiff may file written objections 2 with the Court. The document should be captioned, “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings 3 and Recommendations.” Failure to file objections within the specified time may result in waiver 4 of rights on appeal. Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834, 839 (9th Cir. 2014) (citing Baxter v. 5 Sullivan, 923 F.2d 1391, 1394 (9th Cir. 1991)). 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 Sheila K. Oberto 8 Dated: August 28, 2020 /s/ . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27