(PC) Walker v. Salinas Valley Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN D. WALKER, No. 1:20-cv-00546-NONE-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

v. ACTION FOR FAILURE TO STATE A

COGNIZABLE FEDERAL CLAIM

SALINAS VALLEY PRISON, et al., (Doc. No. 12) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Kevin D. Walker is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On August 5, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that this action be dismissed without prejudice due to plaintiff’s failure to state a cognizable claim under federal law. (Doc. No. 12.) The magistrate judge found that the court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction over plaintiff’s remaining state-law claims, and that plaintiff’s complaint cannot be cured by amendment. (Id.…