StClair

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GILBERT NAVARRO, Case No. 1:20-cv-00524-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS OFFICIAL-CAPACITY

v.

CLAIMS

J. STCLAIR, et al., 14-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. Clerk of the Court to assign a District Judge 16 On August 14, 2020, the Court screened Plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found that it states cognizable claims of deliberate indifference against the defendants in their individual capacities, but not in their official capacities. (Doc. 10.) The Court therefore directed Plaintiff to file a second amended complaint curing the deficiencies in his pleading or to notify the Court that he wishes to proceed only on his individual-capacity claims. (Id. at 1, 4.) On August 26, 2020, Plaintiff filed a notice that he wishes to “proceed on the cognizable claims against the named defendants in their ‘individual capacities’” and to “dismiss[] his official capacity claims.” (Doc. 11.) Accordingly, and for the reasons set…