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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW R. LOPEZ,

Plaintiff, 2:03-cv-1605-GEB-DAD-P

vs.

S. COOK, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has

filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 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 General

Order No. 262.

On November 4, 2005, the magistrate judge filed

findings and recommendations herein which were served on

plaintiff and which contained notice to plaintiff that any

objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed

within twenty days. Plaintiff has filed objections to the

findings and recommendations.

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In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C.

§ 636(b)(1)(C) and Local Rule 72-304, 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 by proper analysis.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The findings and recommendations filed November 4,

2005, are adopted in full; 

2. The third, fourth, seventh, eleventh, thirteenth,

and twenty-first causes of action in plaintiff’s third amended

complaint, filed on October 6, 2004, are dismissed for failure to

state a claim or as duplicative;

3. Plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment claim in his

eighth, ninth, and tenth causes of action are dismissed for

failure to state a claim; and

4. Defendants Woodford and Drew are dismissed.

DATED: December 6, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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