Allison

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EDWARD DON BROWN, No. 2:22-cv-1571 DAD AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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14 ALLISON, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action. Pending before the court 18 are plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint and defendant Young’s motion to opt out of post- 19 screening Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”). ECF Nos. 35, 36. 20 I. Background 21 On May 30, 2025, the court screened the first amended complaint (“FAC”) and found that 22 plaintiff had stated some cognizable claims. ECF No. 21 at 4-7. Plaintiff was given the option to 23 proceed immediately on his medical deliberate indifference claim against defendant Young as set 24 forth in Section I.C. of the order, or to file a second amended complaint (“SAC”). Id. at 7, 11. 25 Plaintiff was given twenty-one days to inform the court of his election and warned that if he failed 26 to inform the court of his election,…