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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LYRALISA LAVENA STEVENS, Case No. 1:17-cv-1002 JLT SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

TERMINATING SANCTIONS, DISMISSING

JEFFREY BEARD, et al. THE ACTION WITH PREJUDICE, AND

DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

Defendants. CLOSE THE CASE (Docs. 88, 92) 17 Lyralisa Lavena Stevens, a former state prisoner, asserts the defendants violated her civil rights under the Eighth Amendment by denying gender-affirming surgery. (Doc. 1; see also Doc. 49 at 1-2.) Defendants move for terminating sanctions after Plaintiff failed to appear at her deposition, despite the Court’s order directing her to participate in the deposition. (Doc. 88.) The magistrate judge found Plaintiff failed to comply with the order to appear in person at a deposition, despite a warning that failure to comply would result in dismissal. (See Doc. 92 at…