Roque

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 ROBERT SAENZ, Case No. 1:24-cv-01440-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS CASE PROCEED ONLY ON v. PLAINTIFF’S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAIMS

R. ROQUE, et al., AGAINST DEFENDANT R. ROQUE AND

DEFENDANT GONZALEZ Defendants. 14 (ECF Nos. 1, 9, 10)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

DAYS

17 Plaintiff Robert Saenz proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 18 filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1). The complaint alleges that correctional officer 19 Gonzalez planted a syringe on Plaintiff then filed a false Rules Violation Report (“RVR”) 20 against him. The complaint also alleges that Lieutenant Roque denied him due process during 21 the RVR hearing. 22 On May 15, 2025, the Court screened the complaint, concluding that Plaintiff 23 sufficiently stated a claim for violation of his due process rights under the Fourteenth 24…