(PC) Stine v. Bureau of Prisons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MIKEAL GLENN STINE, No. 2:18-cv-0684 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al.,1 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a federal prisoner, proceeding pro se, with an action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). On October 26, 2018, plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the case was dismissed on October 31, 2018. On May 8, 2019, plaintiff’s motion to withdraw the voluntary dismissal of this case was denied without prejudice to its renewal accompanied by a proposed fourth amended complaint. Thereafter, plaintiff filed a timely motion to withdraw the voluntary dismissal, followed by a motion to reopen the case and fourth amended complaint. //// 26 No defendant has been served with process. At the time plaintiff filed this action, he was housed at…