Jenkins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODNEY KARL BLACKWELL, No. 2:19-cv-00442-TLN-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER A. JENKINS, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Rodney Karl Blackwell (“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 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On March 4, 2021, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein which were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within thirty days. (ECF No. 51.) Plaintiff has filed objections to the findings and recommendations. (ECF No. 52.) In his objections, Plaintiff states he previously paid $350.00 as a filing fee. (ECF No. 52 at 1.) Records indicate that Plaintiff did pay $350.00 on January 8, 2021. (See docket, No. 2:18- cv-00442-TLN-DB.) …