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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAJI KITCHEN, No. 1:20-cv-0155 NONE JLT (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

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v. COMPLAINT C. BROUSSARD, et al., (Doc. Nos. 1, 10) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Raji Kitchen, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages and declaratory relief as a result of a decision made by defendants—officials at the California City Correctional Facility—to deny plaintiff’s request for an early release date. (Doc. No. 1 at 3–9; see also id., Ex. F.) Plaintiff claims that defendants miscalculated the credits he had earned entitling him to an early release in violation of California law and regulations, which he asserts in turn also violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. (Id. at 3–9.) This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. …