Hand-Ronga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., 1:17-cv-01704-LJO-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS ENTERED ON

vs. AUGUST 7, 2019 (ECF No. 28.) N. HAND-RONGA, et al.,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE

Defendants. TO AMEND AND DIRECTING CLERK

TO FILE FOURTH AMENDED

COMPLAINT LODGED ON AUGUST 26, 2019 (ECF No. 30.)

18 I. BACKGROUND Christopher Lipsey, Jr. (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on December 19, 2017. (ECF No. 1.) On April 9, 2018, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint as a matter of course. (ECF No. 12.) On September 24, 2018, the court dismissed the First Amended Complaint for failure to state a claim, with leave to amend. (ECF No. 15.) On December 3, 2018, Plaintiff filed the…