United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 2026

Gerardo Gomez v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.

Gerardo Gomez v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California · Decided January 5, 2026
Gerardo Gomez v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.

Trial Court Opinion

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA GERARDO GOMEZ, Case No. 1:24-cv-00225 JLT BAM 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING 13 v. ACTION WITH PREJUDICE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF (Docs. 8, 10) CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, et al., 16 Defendants.

18 The Court screened the complaint and found that it failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 and failed to state a cognizable claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 8.) The Court granted Plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint or notice of voluntary dismissal within thirty days. (Id.) Plaintiff failed to file an amended complaint or otherwise communicate with the Court.

23 On December 3, 2025, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations that recommended dismissal of this action, with prejudice, for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, failure to obey a court order, and for Plaintiff’s failure to prosecute this action. (Doc. 10.) The Court served the Findings and Recommendations on Plaintiff and notified him that any objections were due within 14 days. (Doc. 10 at 10.) The Court advised him that the “failure to file objections within the specified time may result in the | waiver of the ‘right to challenge the magistrate’s factual findings’ on appeal.” (/d., quoting | Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834, 838-39 (9th Cir. 2014)). Plaintiff did not file objections, | and the time to do so has expired.

4 According to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(c), this Court performed a de novo review of this | case. Having carefully reviewed the matter, the Court concludes that the Findings and | Recommendations are supported by the record and proper analysis. Thus, the Court ORDERS: 7 1. The Findings and Recommendations issued on December 3, 2025 (Doc. 10) are 8 ADOPTED.

9 2. This action is DISMISSED, with prejudice, for failure to state a claim, failure to obey 10 a court order, and failure to prosecute this action.

11 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case.

B IT IS SO ORDERED.

14 Dated: _ January 3, 2026 Cerin | Tower TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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