Batra
(PC) Huffman v. Batra
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM RAY HUFFMAN, No. 1:19-cv-00655-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT FINDINGS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
BATRA, et al., (Doc. No. 10) Defendant. 16 Plaintiff William Ray Huffman is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On September 13, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge screened plaintiff’s complaint in this action and found that it stated a cognizable claim against defendant Batra for violation of the Fourteenth Amendment arising out of plaintiff’s medical care on July 15, 2017, but that plaintiff had failed to state a cognizable claim against any other defendant. (Doc. No. 8 at 7.) In the screening order, plaintiff was given thirty (30) days from the date of service of that order to either file a…