Etuate Sekona v. Lizarraga et al

Filing 77

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 10/8/2019 ADOPTING 72 Findings and Recommendations in full and GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART 62 Motion for Summary Judgment as follows: Plaintiff's due process claim against defendant Hernandez is DISMISSED without prejudice; and 62 Motion for Summary Judgment is otherwise DENIED. (Huang, H)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ETUATE SEKONA, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:17-cv-0346-KJM-EFB P v. ORDER JOE LIZARRAGA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief 17 18 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided 19 by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On August 19, 2019, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which 20 21 were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the 22 findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Neither party has filed 23 objections to the findings and recommendations. 24 The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 25 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. 26 See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law by the 27 magistrate judge are reviewed de novo by both the district court and [the appellate] court . . . .”). 28 ///// 1 1 Having reviewed the file, the court finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by 2 the record and by the proper analysis. 3 1. The findings and recommendations filed August 19, 2019, are adopted in full; 4 2. Defendants’ April 25, 2019 motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 62) is granted in 5 part and denied in part as follows: 6 a. Plaintiff’s due process claim against defendant Hernandez is dismissed without 7 prejudice; and 8 b. The motion for summary judgment is otherwise denied. 9 DATED: October 8, 2019. 10 11 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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