Cate

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERICK EDDIE RODRIGUEZ, Case No.: 1:21-cv-00898-KES-SKO (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS ACTION FOR PLAINTIFF’S

v. FAILURE TO OBEY COURT ORDERS

AND FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

M. CATE, et al., 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Erick Eddie Rodriguez is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 20 Plaintiff filed his original complaint1 on September 10, 2019, while incarcerated at High Desert State Prison. (Doc. 1.) On October 27, 2021, the Court directed Plaintiff to pay the filing fee for this action, finding Plaintiff had sufficient funds to pay the fee. (Doc. 23.) The filing fee was paid on March 29, 2022. (Receipt # CAED100050269.) On March 10, 2023, the Court issued its First Screening Order finding that Plaintiff’s complaint plausibly alleged Eighth Amendment conditions of confinement claims against…