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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 

MATTHEW DENNIS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SCOTT KERNAN, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-0542 JAM AC 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 February 26, 2019, 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-one days. ECF No. 43. Plaintiff 

has not filed objections to the findings and recommendations (but did respond to the findings and 

recommendations by timely filing a Third Amended Complaint). 

 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: 

 1. The findings and recommendations filed February 26, 2019, are adopted in full; 

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 2. Defendant J. Clark Kelso is dismissed from this action with prejudice; 

 3. Plaintiff’s recent motion for preliminary injunctive relief, ECF No. 44, is denied 

without prejudice;1 and 

 4. This action is referred back to the magistrate judge for purposes of screening plaintiff’s 

Third Amended Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 

DATED: April 16, 2019 

 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ _____ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

 

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 Accord ECF No. 43 at 20 (denying as premature plaintiff’s prior motions for preliminary 

injunctive relief and for judgment on the pleadings, on the ground that this action has lacked an 

operative complaint containing cognizable claims). 

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