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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5 6 ANTHONEY LYNCH, Case No. 1:09-cv-02097-AWI-JDP 7 Plaintiff, ORDER TREATING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S SEPTEMBER 26, 2019, ORDER AS v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADOPTING THOSE FINDINGS AND JOHN OR JANE DOE, et al., RECOMMENDATIONS 10 Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 75, 76, 78, 79) 11 12 Plaintiff Anthoney Lynch is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights 13 action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate 14 Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 15 On September 26, 2019, the Magistrate Judge issued an order denying motions to vacate 16 and appoint counsel. (Doc. No. 78.) Because that order was entered post-judgment, the Court of 17 Appeals remanded with instructions that the district judge may treat the order as findings and 18 recommendations. (Doc. No. 84.) Additionally, after remand from the Ninth Circuit, Plaintiff 19 filed a motion for reconsideration of the Magistrate Judge’s order…