Lassiter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GENE EVANS, No. 2:16-cv-01997-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

K. LASSITER, et al., PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REOPEN THIS

CASE

Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 97, 100)

17 Plaintiff Gene Evans is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On February 23, 2024, the court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants due to plaintiff’s failure to submit any evidence that would elevate defendants’ alleged threats directed at plaintiff to the level of an Eighth Amendment violation under controlling legal precedent. (Doc. No. 95 at 1.) That same day, judgment was entered and this case was closed. (Doc. No. 96.) Four weeks later, on March 25, 2024, plaintiff filed a…