James L. Johnson, Jr. v. Solano County Sheriff, et al.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMES L. JOHNSON, JR., No. 2:22-cv-2220-DAD-CKD P

12 Plaintiff,

13 v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS

14 SOLANO COUNTY SHERIFF, et al.,

15 Defendants. __________________________________ 16 17 Plaintiff James L. Johnson, Jr. proceeds in this action pro se.1 Pending before the Court is 18 plaintiff’s motion to reopen case 2:22-cv-02220-DAD-CKD P. (Member Case ECF No. 20.) 19 Defendants have not opposed the motion. For the reasons explained below, the undersigned 20 recommends granting the motion. 21 I. Background 22 On July 21, 2023, the Court issued an order reassigning case 2:22-cv-02220 KJM JDP to 23 District Judge Dale A. Drozd and Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney, and renaming the case 24 2:22-cv-02220 DAD CKD P. (ECF No. 13.) The order consolidated case 2:22-cv-02220 DAD 25 CKD P with case 2:22-cv-02061 DAD CKD. Case 2:22-cv-02061 DAD CKD is the lead case, 26 and case 2:22-cv-02220 DAD CKD P is the member case. The pleading for the member case is 27 1 …