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

Christopher Ryan Merron v. Cavagnaro

Christopher Ryan Merron v. Cavagnaro
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California · Decided January 5, 2026
Christopher Ryan Merron v. Cavagnaro

Trial Court Opinion

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CHRISTOPHER RYAN MERRON No. 1:24-cv-00677 JLT BAM 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING 13 v. ACTION WITH PREJUDICE CAVAGNARO, (Doc. 12) 15 Defendant.

17 Christopher Ryan Merron is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

19 On October 22, 2025, the Court screened the complaint and found that it failed to state a cognizable claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court granted Plaintiff leave to file a first amended complaint or a notice of voluntary dismissal within thirty days. (Doc. 11.) Plaintiff failed to file an amended complaint or otherwise communicate with the Court.

23 On December 5, 2025, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations that recommended this action be dismissed, with prejudice, for failure to state a claim, failure to obey a Court order, and for failure to prosecute. (Doc. 12.) The Court served the findings and recommendations on Plaintiff and notified him that any objections were due within 14 days. (Id. at 10.) The Court also warned Plaintiff that 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. (Id., | citing Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834, 838-39 (9th Cir. 2014).) Plaintiff did not file | objections, and the time in which to do so has expired.

3 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: 6 1. The findings and recommendations issued on December 5, 2025, (Doc. 12), are 7 ADOPTED.

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

10 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. b IT IS SO ORDERED.

13 | Dated: _January 5, 2026 Cerin | Tower TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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