Sherman

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PAUL JOHN DENHAM, Case No. 1:20-cv-01645-KES-CDB (PC)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT IN PART

13 v. AND DENY IN PART DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS

14 S. SHERMAN, et al., (Docs. 23, 62) 15 Defendants.

16 17 Plaintiff Paul John Denham is a state prisoner appearing pro se in this action filed 18 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 20 On September 8, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and 21 recommendations to deny in part and grant in part defendants’ motion to dismiss filed June 24, 22 2022. Doc. 62. Specifically, the magistrate judge recommended that: (1) defendants’ motion to 23 dismiss plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment claim be denied because this action does not proceed 24 on any Fourteenth Amendment claim; (2) defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s conspiracy 25 claims be…