(PS) Ward v. County of Sacramento Dept. of Health and Human Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL M. WARD, No. 2:22-cv-02195-DAD-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO PLAINTIFF’S SECOND AMENDED

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND COMPLAINT

HUMAN SERVICES, et al., (Doc. No. 10) Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Michael M. Ward, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, initiated this civil action on December 9, 2022. (Doc. No. 1.) 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 July 17, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that plaintiff’s second amended complaint (“SAC”) (Doc. No. 8) be dismissed for failure to state a claim. (Doc. No. 10.) In the findings and recommendations, the magistrate judge first found that plaintiff’s allegations challenging the termination of his parental rights fall squarely within the scope…