Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DYRELL WAYNE JONES, No. 1:19-cv-00396-DAD-JDP

Plaintiff,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

v. THAT PLAINTIFF BE PERMITTED TO

PROCEED ON COGNIZABLE CLAIM AND

M. PITCHFORD, et al., THAT NON-COGNIZABLE CLAIMS BE

DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Defendants.

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE IN 14 DAYS

16 Plaintiff Dyrell Wayne Jones is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 27, 2019, the court screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found that plaintiff stated the following claims against defendants Walinga and Pitchford: (1) Free Exercise claims, (2) claims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), and (3) Equal Protection claims. See ECF No. 18. The court gave plaintiff three options: (1) proceed only on the claims found cognizable, (2) amend the complaint to add additional facts to make out additional claims or claims…