Lizarraga
(PC) Deere v. Lizarraga
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARTHUER RAY DEERE, Sr., No. 2:16-cv-1694 MCE DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JOE LIZARRAGA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. On April 8, 2016, he filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In a screening order filed March 28, 2017, this court dismissed plaintiff’s claims against the Prison Law Office. (ECF No. 12.) This case then proceeded on plaintiff’s claims in his second amended complaint against defendant Lizarraga. (See ECF No. 19.) On August 19, 2019, the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 74.) Plaintiff filed an appeal. The Court of Appeals vacated this court’s order dismissing plaintiff’s claims against the Prison Law Office based on its decision in Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500, 503-04 (9th Cir. 2017). (ECF No. 79.) In Williams, issued November 9, 2017, the Court of Appeals held that a magistrate…