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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL DAVID JOHNSON, No. 2:15-cv-01313-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. A. BEARD, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Paul David Johnson (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 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 June 16, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations which were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within thirty days. (ECF No. 72.) Plaintiff filed objections to the Findings and Recommendations. (ECF No. 74.) This Court reviews de novo those portions of the proposed findings of fact to which objection has been made. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Commodore Business Machines, 656 F.2d 1309, 1313 (9th Cir.…