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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

JORGE LUIS SOSA, 

 Plaintiff,

 v.

CSATF WARDEN, et al.,

 Defendants.

No. 1:19-cv-01333-NONE-EPG (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS

(Doc. Nos. 15, 16, & 20)

Plaintiff Jorge Luis Sosa is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 

this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United 

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

On November 12, 2019, the court screened plaintiff’s complaint and found that only 

certain claims should proceed. (Doc. No. 9.) The court allowed plaintiff thirty days from the 

date of that screening order to choose between proceeding only on the claims found cognizable, 

amending the complaint, or standing on the complaint as written. (Id. at 9.) On December 4, 

2019, plaintiff notified the court that he wished to proceed only on the claims found cognizable 

by the screening order. (Doc. No. 10.)

On December 6, 2019, Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean entered findings and 

recommendations, recommending that “all claims and defendants be dismissed, except for 

Plaintiff’s claims for violation of the Eighth Amendment for excessive force and sexual assault

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and First Amendment retaliation against Defendant Correctional Officer Housse and Does 1-3”. 

(Doc. No. 12 at p. 2). 

Plaintiff was provided an opportunity to file objections to the findings and 

recommendations. The deadline for filing objections has passed, and plaintiff did not file 

objections to the findings and recommendations.

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In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 304, 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 proper 

analysis. 

Accordingly, THE COURT HEREBY ORDERS that:

1. The findings and recommendations issued by the magistrate judge on December 

6, 2019, are ADOPTED in full;

2. All claims and defendants are dismissed, except for plaintiff’s Eighth 

Amendment for excessive force and sexual assault and First Amendment 

retaliation against Defendant Correctional Officer Housse and Does 1-3;

3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to reflect the dismissal of Defendant CSATF 

Warden; and

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1 Although plaintiff did not timely file objections to the findings and recommendations, on 

May 19, 2020, he filed a request for an extension of time to file an amended complaint. 

Because this request comes long after the screening order’s deadline for plaintiff to choose to 

amend his complaint and also long after the deadline to file objections to the findings and 

recommendations, the court proceeds to rule on the pending findings and recommendations and 

will treat his May 19, 2020 filing as a separate motion for leave to amend, which it will rule on 

separately.

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4. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to reflect that Defendant Housse be identified 

as Defendant R. Hulse.2

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 26, 2020 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

2 The Defendant so notified the Court in connection with Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, 

(Doc. No. 18), and the Court makes this change sua sponte.

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