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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN PAUL SCHOWACHERT,

Plaintiff,

v.

BILL POLLEY,

Defendant.

No. 1:24-cv-00713-KES-CDB (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS DISMISSING 

ACTION AS DUPLICATIVE AND TIMEBARRED

(Docs. 7, 8, 9, 11, 13)

Plaintiff John Paul Schowachert is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States 

magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

On October 16, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and 

recommendations recommending that (1) this action be dismissed with prejudice as duplicative 

and time-barred, and (2) that plaintiff’s three pending motions for appointment of counsel (Docs. 

7–9) be denied as moot. (Doc. 11.) The findings and recommendations were served on plaintiff 

and contained notice that objections were to be filed within 14 days. (Id. at 7.) Plaintiff did not 

file objections and the time to do so has passed. On November 27, 2024, plaintiff filed a 

pleading titled “motion to submit evidence of civil rights violation premeditation” which seeks to 

introduce an attached “statement on [plaintiff’s] medical files into records.” (Doc. 13.)

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

this case. Having carefully reviewed the file, the Court concludes that the magistrate judge’s

findings and recommendations are supported by the record and proper analysis. Because this 

action is time-barred, the Court declines to address plaintiff’s motion filed on November 27, 

2024, which is denied as moot.

Accordingly:

1. The findings and recommendations issued on October 16, 2024, (Doc. 11), are 

adopted in full;

2. This action is dismissed, with prejudice, as duplicative and time-barred;

3. Plaintiff’s motions for appointment of counsel (Docs. 7, 8, and 9), and plaintiff’s 

pleading titled “motion to submit evidence of civil rights violation premeditation” 

(Doc. 13), are denied as moot; and

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 19, 2024 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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