Badger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 1:19-cv-00702-DAD-EPG (PC)

JOSH D BLAND,

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDING THAT PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION TO WITHDRAW FROM SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BE DENIED AND D . BADGER, et al., THAT THE CASE BE DISMISSED

Defendants. (ECF Nos. 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 45)

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

16 Plaintiff, Josh D. Bland, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case settled (ECF No. 40), and the parties filed a stipulation for dismissal of this action with prejudice (ECF No. 34). Plaintiff has filed two requests that the settlement be rescinded (ECF Nos. 35, 36). For the reasons set forth below, the Court recommends that Plaintiff’s requests be denied and that this case be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to the parties’ settlement agreement. I. BACKGROUND 24 …