Tuman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 PAUL RICHARDSON, Case No. 1:18-cv-01166-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDING THAT THIS CASE BE v. DISMISSED, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, BECAUSE OF PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE

R. TUMAN, et al., TO PROSECUTE

14 Defendants. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO ASSIGN

DISTRICT JUDGE

17 Paul Richardson (“Plaintiff”) is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on August 28, 2018. (ECF No. 1). On February 19, 2019, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF No. 15). The Court gave Plaintiff thirty days to “notify the Court in writing that he does not wish to file a First Amended [C]omplaint and is instead willing to proceed only on First Amendment retaliation claims against Defendant Tuman and Defendant…