Bailey v. Enloe Medical Center ( 2022 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAN BAILEY, No. 2:18-CV-0055-KJM-DMC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, brings this civil action for wrongful 18 termination. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided by Eastern 19 District of California local rules. 20 On February 23, 2021, the Magistrate Judge filed findings and recommendations, 21 which were served on the parties and which contained notice that the parties may file objections 22 within the time specified therein. No objections to the findings and recommendations have been 23 filed. 24 The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United 25 States, 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are 26 reviewed de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations 27 of law by the magistrate judge are reviewed de novo by both the district court and [the appellate] 28 ///// 1 | court....”). Having reviewed the file, the court finds the findings and recommendations to be 2 || supported by the record and by the proper analysis. 3 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 4 1. The findings and recommendations filed February 23, 2021, are adopted in 5 | full; 6 2. Defendant’s motion to dismiss, ECF No. 62, is granted; 7 3. Plaintiff's third, fourth, and fifth claims are dismissed with prejudice; 8 4. Plaintiffs seventh claim based on statements made to Plaintiff's union 9 || representatives, statements made to the California Employment Development Department, and 10 || statements made to the California Health and Human Services Agency claim is dismissed with 11 | prejudice; 12 5. Plaintiffs seventh claim based on statements made to Cal Fire is dismissed 13 | with leave to amend; 14 6. Plaintiffs eighth claim is dismissed with prejudice as duplicative; and 15 7. Within 30 days of the date of this order, Plaintiff shall: 16 (1) file a third amended complaint to cure the defects identified in the findings and recommendations as to his seventh claim based on 17 statements made to Cal Fire; 18 or 19 (11) elect to voluntarily dismiss the remainder of the seventh claim and proceed solely on the first, second, and sixth claims for 20 relief as alleged in the second amended complaint. 21 22 || DATED: May 23, 2022. 23 24 l ti / ¢ q_/ 35 CHIEF NT] ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 26 27 28