(PC) Maraglino v. State of California ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DOROTHY GRACE MARIE No. 1:20-cv-00826-NONE-SAB (PC) MARAGLINO, 12 ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND Plaintiff, RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING 13 ACTION v. 14 (Doc. Nos. 12, 14) STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Dorothy Maraglino brought this civil rights pro se and in forma pauperis under 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violation of her Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. This matter 19 was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local 20 Rule 302. After plaintiff’s initial complaint was screened and dismissed with leave to amend 21 pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) by the assigned magistrate judge, plaintiff filed the operative first 22 amended complaint (“FAC”) in September 2020. (Doc. Nos. 8, 12.) Screening the FAC, the 23 magistrate judge again found that plaintiff still failed to state a cognizable claim for relief and 24 recommended that this action be dismissed with prejudice. (Doc. No. 14 at 11.) Plaintiff then 25 filed objections to the pending findings and recommendations. (Doc. No. 15.) 26 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(C), this court has conducted a 27 de novo review of the case. The court finds that the pending findings and recommendations are 28 supported by the record and proper analysis. Plaintiff’s objections fail to meaningfully address or 1 | contradict the analysis set forth in the findings and recommendations.! 2 Accordingly, the court ORDERS as follows: 3 1. The findings and recommendations issued on October 20, 2020 (Doc. No. 14) are 4 ADOPTED in full; 5 2. The first amended complaint is hereby DISMISSED prejudice; and 6 3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to assign a district judge to this case for the purpose of 7 closing the case, then to enter judgment and to close the case. 8 | IT IS SOORDERED. _ " Dated: _ March 1, 2021 eee 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ' Tn her objections, plaintiff also asks the court for an evidentiary hearing to “prove” her case— though, plaintiff does not state what evidence she would present at the requested hearing. (Doc. 23 | No. 15 at 2-3.) Regardless, the magistrate judge recommended that plaintiffs case be dismissed for lack of a legally cognizable claim—not for lack of evidence. See Nordstrom vy. Ryan, 762 24 | F.3d 903, 908 (9th Cir. 2014) (“Dismissal for failure to state a claim under § 1915A ‘incorporates the familiar standard applied in the context of failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil 25 | Procedure 12(b)(6).’”); Jacobellis v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 120 F.3d 171, 172 (9th Cir. 26 | 1997) (A dismissal for failure to state a claim pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) is a ruling on a question of law ....”). Put differently, accepting plaintiffs allegations as true (1.e., assuming 27 | plaintiff has proven all the facts alleged), the FAC asserts no legally cognizable claim for relief. Thus, an evidentiary hearing, or a trial practically speaking, would not aid plaintiffs in 28 | prosecuting her case because she has simply asserted no cognizable claim for relief.