Rao

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GABRIEL BRADWAY, No. 2:20-cv-0436 JAM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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DR. YASHODARA RAO, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. In his amended complaint, plaintiff renewed his request for temporary restraining order. On October 6, 2020, defendant filed an opposition. On November 12, 2020, plaintiff filed a document styled, “Affidavit, Supplemental for . . . Temporary Restraining Order.” (ECF No. 42.) He then filed a supplemental affidavit. (ECF No. 43.) The court construes such filings as plaintiff’s reply and

Plaintiff appended a completed USM-285 form for service on Dr. Rao. (ECF Nos. 42 at 3; 43 at 5.) However, Dr. Rao has been served and filed an answer on October 6, 2020. 24 On November 4, 2020, plaintiff also filed an “opposition” to defendants’ answer. Rule 7(a) of 25 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides: “(a) Pleadings. Only these…