(PC) Gardner v. Vallejo Police Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DENNIS LAMAR GARDNER, JR., No. 2:19-cv-01432-TLN-DMC Plaintiff, v. ORDER VALLEJO POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Dennis Lamar Gardner, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The 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 4, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein which were served on the parties and which contained notice that the parties may file objections within the time specified therein. (ECF No. 22.) No objections to the findings and recommendations have been filed. The Court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Britt v. Simi Valley Unified School Dist., 708 F.2d 452, 454 (9th Cir.…