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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 

CHET PRUITT, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MANJULA BOBBALA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:20-cv-0632 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, has filed this civil rights action 

seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate 

Judge as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 

 On September 23, 2021, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, 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. ECF No. 43. Plaintiff has 

filed objections to the findings and recommendations, ECF No. 44, to which defendants have 

responded, ECF Nos. 45, 46. 

 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 file, the court 

finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper analysis. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The findings and recommendations filed September 23, 2021, ECF No. 43, are adopted 

in full; 

 2. Defendants Lynch and Gates’ motion to dismiss, ECF No. 29, is GRANTED; 

 3. The claims against Defendants Lynch and Gates are DISMISSED without leave to 

amend; 

 4. Defendant Bobbala’s motion to dismiss, ECF No. 30, is GRANTED on the ground 

that Plaintiff has failed to state a claim for relief and DENIED without prejudice on the ground 

that Plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies; 

 5. Plaintiff’s motion to amend, ECF No. 33, is DENIED as to the proposed first amended 

complaint; 

 6. Plaintiff is GRANTED thirty days to file an amended complaint; and 

 7. This matter is referred back to the assigned magistrate judge for all further pretrial 

proceeds. 

DATED: October 30, 2022. 

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