Benavidez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELI’EZER RE’UEL BEN-BINYAMIN, Case No. 2:18-cv-01015-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL BE DENIED

v.

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

C. RAMIREZ, et al., THAT: Defendants. DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT BE GRANTED

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

CONTINUANCE BE DENIED PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND

COMPLAINT BE DENIED

OBJECTIONS DUE IN 14 DAYS

20 ECF Nos. 47, 51, & 53

22 Eli’ezer Re’uel Ben-Binyamin (“plaintiff”), a state prisoner without counsel, filed this section 1983 action alleging that defendants D. Akemon, C. Deal, J. Hampton, J. Hanley, K. O’Conner, R.J. Rackley, and C. Ramirez violated his First Amendment right to freely practice his religion. He states that he is a Messianic Jew and his religion requires him to wear a fringed 27 28 undergarment known as a “Tallit Katan” or “Tzitzit.” Defendants have…