Batton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIO BATTON, Case No. 1:23-cv- 1532 JLT CDB

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE

v. ACTION PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE

OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 25(A)(1), AND

DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

D. DIMMER, et al.

CLOSE THE CASE

15 Defendants. (Doc. 29) 16 Mario Batton sought to hold the defendants liable for violations of his civil rights while incarcerated at SATF Corcoran. (See Doc. 1.) After first reporting Plaintiff passed away in a Joint Scheduling Report, counsel for Plaintiff filed a “Suggestion of Death Upon the Record” pursuant to Rule 25 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on February 16, 2024. (Doc. 16.) Plaintiff’s counsel identified a potential successor-in-interest as Bridgette Givens, Plaintiff’s spouse, and served her with the Notice and Suggestion of Death, Notice of Removal, the operative pleadings in the case, and additional legal documents related to the…