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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HARRISON BURTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. CHENOWETH, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-2331 KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff consented to proceed before the undersigned for all purposes. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 636(c). Pursuant to this court’s screening of plaintiff’s original complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915A(a), the court found that the complaint states a potentially cognizable excessive force 

claim against defendant Chenoweth, but did not state a claim against defendant Chenoweth based 

on plaintiff’s improper search claim, or against defendant McDonald, for whom plaintiff included 

no charging allegations. (ECF No. 7.) The court gave plaintiff the option of proceeding on his 

original complaint or filing an amended complaint that added a cognizable claim against 

defendant McDonald, or attempted to state a cognizable claim against defendant Chenoweth 

based on an alleged improper search. Plaintiff chose to proceed on his original complaint against 

defendant Chenoweth on the excessive force claim, and in his notice of submission of documents 

form, consented to the dismissal of defendant McDonald, and the dismissal of plaintiff’s improper 

search claim against defendant Chenoweth, without prejudice. (ECF No. 10 at 1.) 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant McDonald is dismissed without prejudice, and 

2. Plaintiff’s improper search claim against defendant Chenoweth is dismissed without 

prejudice. 

Dated: December 15, 2014

/burt2331.14dm

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