Summers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN WARD, Case No. 1:19-cv-00050-AWI-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING

v. DISMISSAL OF ACTION

SUMMERS, (ECF No. 13) Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Melvin Ward (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On July 3, 2019, the Magistrate Judge issued findings and a recommendation recommending dismissal of this action as time-barred and for failure to state a cognizable claim upon which relief may be granted. (ECF No. 13.) Those findings and recommendations were served on Plaintiff and contained notice that any objections thereto were to be filed within fourteen (14) days after service. (Id. at 7.) Plaintiff timely filed objections on July 17, 2019. 25 …