Gallagher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 KAREEM J. HOWELL, Case No. 1:19-cv-00673-EPG 9 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING THAT CERTAIN CLAIMS

v. AND DEFENDANTS BE DISMISSED

J. GALLAGHER, et al.,

(ECF NOS. 1 & 9) Defendants. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO ASSIGN

DISTRICT JUDGE

17 Kareem J. Howell (“Plaintiff”) is a 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 May 16, 2019, (ECF No. 1.) The Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF No. 9.) The Court found that only the following claims should proceed past the screening stage: “retaliation in violation of the First Amendment against Defendant J. Burnes; conspiracy to retaliate in violation of the First Amendment against Defendants J. Burnes, J. Gallagher, and A. Randolph; failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment…