Bauder

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD DA’JUAN GILMORE, Case No. 1:19-cv-01229-NONE-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO GRANT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO

v. DISMISS DEFENDANT CASTILLO

BAUDER, et al., (Doc. 17)

Defendants. 21-DAY DEADLINE

16 Before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss this action in its entirety or, in the alternative, to dismiss Defendant Castillo from this action. (Doc. 17.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court recommends that Defendant Castillo be dismissed. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Edward Da’Juan Gilmore is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 11, 2020, Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone issued a screening order, directing Plaintiff to file a first amended complaint curing the deficiencies in his pleading or a notice of intent to proceed on the claim found cognizable. (Doc. 9.) The Court…