(PC)Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE LUIS VALDEZ, JR., ) Case No.: 1: 23-cv-1729 JLT HBK (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE v. ) ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND ) DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ) CLOSE THIS CASE CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION, et al., ) ) (Doc. 24) Defendants. ) )

Jorge Luis Valdez initiated this action seeking to hold the defendants liable for violations of his civil rights while incarcerated at the California Correctional Institution, Calipatria State Prison, and High Desert State Prison. (See generally Doc. 1.) The magistrate judge screened Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and found he failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. (Doc. 22 at 6-10.) In the Screening Order, the Court granted Plaintiff three options: (1) file an amended complaint addressing the…