Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM JAMES GRADFORD, JR., Case No. 2:24-cv-1841-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER WARDEN, Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, a former prisoner, brings this action against various defendants, including a Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputy, the warden of Mule Creek State Prison, an unspecified United States District Court, a Stanislaus County probation officer, and, potentially, others unlisted in the caption. ECF No. 19 at 3. The complaint fails for two reasons. First, the various claims contained therein do not appear factually or legally related and, thus, are unsuited to proceed together. Second, none of the claims is sufficiently pled to proceed individually. I will dismiss the first amended complaint with leave to amend. This will be plaintiff’s final opportunity to amend before I recommend dismissal of this action. In light of that dismissal, I will deny plaintiff’s pending motions to amend, for relief, to dismiss invalid contract,…