Velasco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, Case No. 1:20-cv-543-NONE-EPG (PC) 9 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDING THAT CERTAIN v. CLAIMS AND DEFENDANTS BE DISMISSED

F. VELASCO, et al.,

(ECF NOS. 1 & 10) Defendants. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

14 William J. Gradford (“Plaintiff”) is a former inmate proceeding pro se and in forma 15 pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 16 Plaintiff filed his Complaint on April 16, 2020. (ECF No. 1). The Court screened 17 Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF No. 10). The Court found Plaintiff stated claims against Defendant 18 F. Velasco for verbal harassment in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and against 19 Defendants F. Velasco and T. Webster for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. The 20 Court found that Plaintiff has failed to state any other claims. The Court allowed Plaintiff to choose between proceeding only on the claims found…