1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 THOMAS JOSEPH MELGER, No. 2:23-cv-01069-KJM-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 PLACER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, et al., 15 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief 19 under

. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided 20 by

(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 21 On June 13, 2023, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which were 22 served on plaintiff and which contained notice to plaintiff that any objections to the findings and 23 recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Plaintiff has not filed objections to the 24 findings and recommendations. 25 The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 26

(9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed 27 de novo. See Robbins v. Carey,

(9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law 28 by the magistrate judge are reviewed de novo by both the district court and [the appellate] court 1 | ....°). 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: 4 1. The findings and recommendations filed June 13, 2023, are adopted in full; 5 2. Plaintiffs application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, is denied and plaintiff 6 || is directed to tender the filing fee within thirty days of this order; and 7 3. This matter is referred back to the assigned magistrate judge for all further pretrial 8 | proceedings. 9 | DATED: August 10, 2023. 10 1 ee CHIEF ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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