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; FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

WARDEN,

Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se in this closed 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action. ECF No. 1. I screened his initial complaint and dismissed it with leave to amend after determining that the complaint failed to state a claim. ECF No. 18. Plaintiff then filed an amended complaint. ECF No. 19. I screened the amended complaint, again dismissing it for failure to state a cognizable claim. ECF No. 24. I ordered plaintiff to file either an amended complaint or a notice of voluntary dismissal of the action without prejudice. Id. at 3. In response, plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, ECF No. 26, and the case was closed. Less than two weeks later, plaintiff moves to reopen the case. ECF No. 28. In his motion, he acknowledges that he voluntarily dismissed the case but…