Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FAROOQ ABDUL ALEEM, No. 2:20-cv-0629 KJM CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER PATRICK COVELLO, Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state 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 as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On November 25, 2020, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which were served on plaintiff and which contained notice to plaintiff he could file objections. Plaintiff has not filed objections to the findings and recommendations and the time for filing objections has expired. The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law by the…