Cordova

1 + 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ZENAIDA CORDOVA, Case No. 1:24-cv-00482-JLT-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO 13 v. DISMISS BUT GRANT PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO AMEND1 14 OFFICER GREG RODRIGUEZ, ACTING WARDEN MICHAEL PALLARES, and FOURTEEN DAY DEADLINE 15 DOES 1 to 30, 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff Zenaida Cordova is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel on her Complaint 19 for Violation of Civil and Constitutional Rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1, 20 “Complaint”). Defendant Michael Pallares filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of 21 Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). (Doc. No. 16). Plaintiff filed an opposition (Doc. No. 33), and 22 Defendant filed a reply (Doc. No. 34). For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned 23 recommends the district court grant the motion to dismiss, but allow Plaintiff leave to amend her 24 Eighth Amendment claim against Pallares. 25 /// 26 /// 27 1This matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Eastern District of 28 California Local Rule 302 (E.D. Cal. 2025). 1 I. BACKGROUND 2 A. Case…