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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

JERRY MCDOWELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. RIVERA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01797-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING

CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEFENDANTS

ECF NO. 15

Plaintiff Jerry McDowell, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on November 6, 2013. 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 March 28, 2014, the Magistrate Judge issued a findings and recommendations 

recommending certain claims and Defendants be dismissed from this action. (ECF No. 15.) The 

fourteen day deadline to file an objection has passed without a response from Plaintiff.

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) 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 by proper 

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analysis. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Findings and Recommendations, filed March 28 2014, are adopted in full;

2. Plaintiff shall proceed on his Eighth Amendment claim against Defendants 

Sandoval, Garza, Fernandez, Guzman, Sanchez, and Acolla and First Amendment 

claim against Defendants Acolla and Fernandez;

3. Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims against Defendants Rivera and Patel are

dismissed; and

4. Defendants Rivera and Patel are dismissed from the action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 3, 2014 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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