1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM PATRICK GARCIA, No. 2:21-cv-0875 AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 T. PADGETT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42

. On December 21, 2023, the court screened the complaint and found that plaintiff 19 may proceed against defendant Padgett on an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim 20 but that the remaining claims against Padgett and the other defendants were insufficient. ECF 21 No. 19. Plaintiff was given the options of amending the complaint or proceeding immediately on 22 his cognizable Eighth Amendment claim against defendant Padgett.

. He was further 23 advised that if he failed to notify the court how he wanted to proceed, the court would assume that 24 he was choosing to proceed on the complaint as screened and would recommend dismissal 25 without prejudice of the remaining claims and defendants.

The time for plaintiff to notify the 26 court as to how he wishes to proceed has now passed, and plaintiff has not made an election or 27 otherwise responded to the order. 28 ///// ] Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall randomly 2 || assign a United States District Judge to this action. 3 IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED that, for the reasons explained in the screening order 4 | (ECF No. 19) and incorporated by reference here: 5 1. The claims against defendants Vanni, Geringer, Covello, Tyler, Holmes, Stacy, 6 || Pedersen, Mulford, Rhode, Santos, Naguchi, Rodriguez de Ayala, Sackett, and Kassis be 7 || dismissed without prejudice; 8 2. The Clerk of Court terminate these defendants from the docket; and 9 3. The First Amendment retaliation, due process, and conspiracy claims against defendant 10 || Padgett be dismissed without prejudice. 11 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 12 || assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of

(b)(1). Within twenty-one days 13 || after being served with these findings and recommendations, plaintiff may file written objections 14 || with the court. Such a document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judges Findings 15 || and Recommendations.” Plaintiff is advised that failure to file objections within the specified 16 || time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. YIst,

17 | (9th Cir. 1991). 18 | DATED: December 19, 2024 * 19 thin Chane ALLISON CLAIRE 20 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28