(PC) Lewis v. Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL DIXON LEWIS, No. 1:20-cv-00120-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

KEN CLARK, Warden at CASE Corcoran/CSATF, et al., (Doc. No. 18) Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Paul Dixon Lewis is a state prisoner 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 February 24, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that the case be dismissed as barred under the favorable termination rule of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 487 (1994). (Doc. No. 18.) The findings and recommendations explained that if plaintiff wished to obtain an award of damages in a §1983 action for his allegedly illegal incarceration, he must first show that the…