Rivera
(PC) Perkins v. Rivera
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
9 GARY RONNELL PERKINS, Case No. 1:24-cv-01497-KES-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS CASE PROCEED ONLY ON v. PLAINTIFF’S RETALIATION CLAIM
I. RIVERA, (ECF Nos. 1, 9, 10)
13 Defendant. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN
DAYS
15 16 Plaintiff Gary Ronnell Perkins proceeds pro se in this civil rights action filed under 42 17 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1). The complaint generally alleges that Defendant Rivera 18 improperly confiscated Plaintiff’s approved special purchase order of handicraft items, and also 19 confiscated other items in retaliation for Plaintiff threatening to file a grievance. 20 On May 6, 2025, the Court screened the complaint, concluding that Plaintiff sufficiently 21 stated a claim for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment against Defendant Rivera. 22 (ECF No. 1). The Court explained why the complaint otherwise failed to state any claims and 23 gave Plaintiff thirty days to either file (1) a notice to go…