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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLAN FLETCHER,

Plaintiff,

v.

CLENDENIN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00249-AWI-BAM (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING 

DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN CLAIMS

(ECF No. 13)

Plaintiff Allan Fletcher (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to 

California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq. are civil detainees and are not prisoners 

within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 

(9th Cir. 2000).

On July 15, 2022, the assigned Magistrate Judge issued findings and recommendations 

recommending that this action proceed on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed April 25, 

2022, (ECF No. 11), against Defendants Stephanie Clendenin, Director of Department of State 

Hospitals, and Brandon Price, Executive Director at DSH-Coalinga, for failure to treat Plaintiff 

under the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process clause due to their official policy. (ECF No. 13.) 

The Magistrate Judge further recommended that all other claims be dismissed from this action 

based on Plaintiff’s failure to state claims upon which relief may be granted. (Id.) The findings 

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and recommendations were served on Plaintiff and contained notice that any objections were to 

be filed within fourteen (14) days after service. (Id. at 10–11.) Following an extension of time, 

(ECF No. 15), no objections have been filed, and the extended deadline to do so has expired.

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this Court has conducted a 

de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the Court finds the 

findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper analysis.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. The findings and recommendations issued on July 15, 2022, (ECF No. 13), are 

adopted in full;

2. This action shall proceed on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed April 25, 2022, 

(ECF No. 11), against Defendants Clendenin and Price for failure to treat Plaintiff, in 

violation of the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process clause, due to their official 

policy;

3. All other claims are dismissed from this action for failure to state a claim upon which 

relief may be granted; and

4. This action is referred back to the Magistrate Judge for proceedings consistent with 

this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 13, 2022 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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