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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

KAREEM J. HOWELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. BURNES, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:19-cv-00568-NONE-JLT (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS

(Doc. No. 13)

Plaintiff Kareem J. Howell is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 

this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to the assigned 

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

On February 4, 2020, the magistrate judge filed a screening order, finding that plaintiff’s 

complaint (Doc. No. 1) states cognizable claims against Defendants J. Burnes, C. Gamboa, and A. 

Randolph, but not against J. Ceballos and the unnamed warden of California State Prison, 

Corcoran. (Doc. No. 10.) Pursuant to the screening order, plaintiff filed a notice that he “would 

like to proceed . . . only on the claims found to be cognizable by the court . . . against Defendants 

Burnes, Gamboa, and Randolph,” and that he “would like Defendants Ceballos and the warden to 

be dismissed.” (Doc. No. 11.) Accordingly, on February 24, 2020, the magistrate judge issued 

findings and recommendations, recommending that Ceballos and the warden be dismissed. (Doc. 

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No. 13.) The findings and recommendations were served on plaintiff and provided him fourteen

(14) days to file objections thereto. (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff has not filed objections and the time do so 

has passed.

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this court has conducted a 

de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the file, the court finds the findings and 

recommendations to be supported by the record and proper analysis.

Accordingly,

1. The findings and recommendations filed on February 24, 2020 (Doc. No. 13) are 

adopted in full;

2. Defendants J. Ceballos and the unnamed warden are dismissed; and,

3. This case is referred back to the assigned magistrate judge for further proceedings.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 31, 2020 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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