Giddings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOM MARK FRANKS, No. 2:17-cv-1056 KJM CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. CLARK KELSO, et al., Defendants. 16 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 as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On February 18, 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 fourteen days. Plaintiff and defendant Giddings have filed objections to the findings and recommendations. Plaintiff submitted timely objections on February 25, 2020 (ECF No. 67), to which defendant Giddings responded (ECF No. 69); plaintiff then filed a second set on March 13, 2020 (ECF No. 70). Because plaintiff never sought leave to file a…