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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

RODNEY WAYNE JONES,

Plaintiff,

v.

CW McELROY, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-1375 GEB CKD P

ORDER

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 Rule 302.

On January 30, 2015, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein 

which were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to 

the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Neither party has filed 

objections to the findings and recommendations.

The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be 

supported by the record and by the magistrate judge’s analysis. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that:

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1. The findings and recommendations filed January 30, 2015, are adopted in full; and

2. Defendants’ motion to dismiss (ECF No. 24) is granted and denied in part as follows: 

a. Granted as to plaintiff’s First Amendment claim against Jochim; 

b. Granted as to plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claim against Virga; 

c. Otherwise denied; and 

d. Defendant Virga is dismissed from this action with prejudice.

3. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 25) is denied as follows:

a. Denied on the merits as to plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims against Jochim, 

Lobato, Sharp, and Sullivan; and

b. Denied as moot as to plaintiff’s First Amendment claim against Jochim and 

Eighth Amendment claim against Virga. 

Dated: March 5, 2015

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