Rivera

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CORNEL JACKSON, No. 1:24-cv-00261-KES-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING IN PART FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING

13 v. DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AND

DEFENDANTS

14 RIVERA, et al., Doc. 9 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Cornel Jackson is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 18 this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States 19 magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302. 20 On October 2, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge screened plaintiff’s first amended 21 complaint, Doc. 7 (“FAC”), and found that plaintiff stated a cognizable claim against defendants 22 Joe Martinez, Cpl. Gill, and Cortes for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and against 23 defendants Joe Martinez, Cpl. Gill, and Cortes for violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 24 Fourteenth Amendment. Doc. 9. The magistrate judge further recommended that…