Joy Orji v. Walmart Superstores, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOY ORJI, Plaintiff, No. 2:23-cv-1795-TLN-SCR v. WALMART SUPERSTORES, INC., ORDER Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Joy Orji (“Plaintiff”) proceeds in this action pro se. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, (ECF No. 34), and Plaintiff timely filed objections (ECF No. 35). The Court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law by the magistrate judge are reviewed de novo by both the district court and [the appellate] court[.]”). Having carefully reviewed the entire file, and for the reasons discussed below, the Court declines to adopt the findings and recommendations as they relate to Plaintiff’s 42…