Zuniga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 STEVEN SORIA, No. 1:18-cv-0635-NONE-JLT (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

Plaintiff, RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT

14 v. ON THE PLEADINGS 15 RAFEL ZUNGIA, et al., (Doc. Nos. 22, 26)

Defendants.

Plaintiff, a federal 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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Before the court is a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by defendants Allison, Gonzalez, and Herron on the ground that plaintiff is attempting to extend Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), to a new context. (Doc. No. 22.) On December 2, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations recommending that defendants’ motion be denied, reasoning that the claim does not present a new…