Thurston

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATHANIEL WASHINGTON, Case No. 1:24-cv-00254-KES-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

v. CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

JENNIFER THURSTON, et al., Doc. 9 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Nathaniel Washington is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on his original complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Docs. 1, 6. 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 April 19, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint as frivolous and for failing to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. Doc. 9. Specifically, the findings and recommendations conclude that Judge Thurston enjoys judicial immunity for her judicial act of denying plaintiff’s habeas petition, and separately, that plaintiff’s…