Guiltron

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, 1:18-cv-01364-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT THIS CASE

v. PROCEED AGAINST DEFENDANT GUILTRON

FOR RETALIATION, AND THAT ALL OTHER

DEPUTY GUILTRON, CLAIMS BE DISMISSED FOR PLAINTIFF’S

FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

Defendant. (ECF No. 19.)

FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE TO FILE

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY

17 I. BACKGROUND William J. Gradford (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 1, 2018, Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action at the Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 1.) On October 4, 2018, the case was transferred to the Fresno Division. (ECF No. 5.) On October 9, 2018, the court issued an order relating this case to Plaintiff’s other pending cases under Local Rule 123, and then…