Epperson v. U.S. Supreme Court ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CHRIS EPPERSON, ) Case No.: 1:23-cv-0592 JLT SAB ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING THE 13 v. ) ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE ) 14 U.S. SUPREME COURT, et al., ) (Doc. 7) ) 15 Defendants. ) ) 16 ) 17 Chris Epperson is proceeding pro se in this action, in which he identified the following 18 defendants: (1) the Supreme Court of the United States; (2) Geoffrey S. Binney, identified as a pioneer 19 from Texas; (3) Ronald Reagan, identified as a Republican from Kentucky; (4) Richard Nixon, 20 identified as a Democratic from Montana; (5) Robert E. Wood, with the job or title identified as 21 “Jefferson Petursburg” from New York City; and (6) “Valdmir Putin” from Moscow (Doc. 1 at 1-4.) 22 The magistrate judge found Plaintiff failed to state a cognizable claim upon which relief may 23 be granted, and recommended the action be dismissed as frivolous. (Doc. 7 at 3-5.) The Court served 24 the Findings and Recommendations upon Plaintiff by mail on May 4, 2023 and notified him that any 25 objections must be filed within 14 days of the date of service. (Id. at 5.) The Court informed Plaintiff 26 that the “failure to file objections within the specified time may result in the waiver of rights on 27 appeal.” (Id., citing Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834, 839 (9th Cir. 2014), Baxter v. Sullivan, 923 28 F.2d 1391, 1394 (9th Cir. 1991).) Plaintiff did not file any objections, and the time to do so has 1 || expired. 2 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this Court conducted a de novo review of this case. 3 || Having carefully reviewed the entire matter, the Court concludes the Findings and Recommendations 4 || are supported by the record and proper analysis. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS: 5 1. The Findings and Recommendations (Doc. 7) are ADOPTED in full. 6 2. The complaint is dismissed without leave to amend. 7 3. The action is DISMISSED without prejudice. 8 4. The Clerk of Court shall close this action. 9 10 IS SO ORDERED. Dated: _ June 19, 2023 Charis [Tourn 12 TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28