James W. Menefield v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES W. MENEFIELD, Case No. 2:23-cv-03812-PA (E)

Plaintiff, ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS OF UNITED

STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

15 REHABILITATION, et al, 16 Defendants.

18 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the Third Amended Complaint, all the records herein, and the attached Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (“Report”). Further, the Court has engaged in a de novo review of those portions of the Report to which objections have been made. The Report recommends dismissal of this action after finding that Plaintiff, despite multiple attempts, has failed to state a claim for which relief may be granted regarding Defendants’ allegedly inadequate response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the prison where Plaintiff is incarcerated. For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s Objections to the Report do not warrant a change to the Report’s findings or…