James White v. Pazin et al

Filing 52

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS to GRANT IN PART and DENY IN PART Defendants' 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss 30 , 42 , signed by District Judge Anthony W. Ishii on 2/16/17: This action is referred back to the Magistrate Judge for further proceedings consistent with this order. (Hellings, J)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 JAMES E. WHITE, 10 11 12 13 Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:12-cv-00917-AWI-BAM (PC) ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT IN PART AND DENY IN PART DEFENDANTS’ 12(b)(6) MOTION TO DISMISS MARK N. PAZIN, et al., (ECF Nos. 30, 42) Defendants. 14 15 16 Plaintiff James E. White (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 17 On October 19, 2016, the Magistrate Judge issued Findings and Recommendations that 18 Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s first amended complaint under Federal Rule of Civil 19 Procedure 12(b)(6) be granted in part and denied in part. (ECF No. 42.) The Findings and 20 Recommendations were served on the parties and contained notice to file any objections within 21 thirty (30) days. (Id., p. 22.) On November 7, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion for a ninety (90) day 22 extension of time to file objections to the Findings and Recommendations. (ECF No. 44.) On 23 November 10, 2016, the Court issued an order denying in part and granting in part Plaintiff’s 24 motion for extension of time, and provided Plaintiff an additional sixty (60) days to file 25 objections. (ECF No. 46.) The deadline has expired, and no objections have been filed. 26 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), the Court has conducted a 27 de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the Court finds the 28 Findings and Recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper analysis. 1 1 Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that: 2 1. The Findings and Recommendations, issued on October 19, 2016, are adopted IN FULL; 3 2. Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed June 23, 2015, is 4 GRANTED IN PART as follows: 5 a. 6 Plaintiff’s claims under the Fifth and Eighth Amendment are DISMISSED, without leave to amend; 7 b. 8 Plaintiff’s claim for injunctive relief is DISMISSED, as moot, without leave to amend; 9 c. Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants Blake, Cavallero, Scott, Thoreson, and 10 Blodgett in their official capacities, and the Merced County Sheriff’s Department, 11 are DISMISSED for failure to state a claim, and the County of Merced is 12 SUBSTITUTED as a defendant; 13 d. Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants Blake, Cavallero, Scott, Thoreson, and 14 Blodgett in their individual capacities are DISMISSED on the grounds that they 15 are entitled to qualified immunity; 16 3. This case will proceed on Plaintiff’s claims against the County of Merced for the violation 17 of the First and Fourteenth Amendment based on the policy at Merced County Jail of 18 denying visitations with minors under age 12 to pretrial detainees; and 19 20 4. This action is referred back to the Magistrate Judge for further proceedings consistent with this order. 21 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: February 16, 2017 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE 24 25 26 27 28 2

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