(PC) Poslof v. Deuel Vocational Institution

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LONNIE LEE POSLOF, SR., No. 2:17-cv-2422 MCE DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DEUEL VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil 18 rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to this court 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 20 On June 5, 2019, the undersigned screened plaintiff’s complaint and directed him to file 21 an amended complaint within thirty days. (ECF No. 13). On June 24, 2019, plaintiff filed an 22 “opposition” to the court’s order. (ECF No. 16). The opposition fails to address the court’s 23 directives in its June 2019 order and cannot, even if given the most liberal construction,1 be 24 deemed an amended complaint. 25 26 This court is obligated to liberally construe the pleadings of pro se litigants. See Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976) (stating pro se documents are to be liberally…