Newsom

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

4 5 BENNY WILLIAMS, Case No. 2:19-cv-02229-KJM-JDP (PC) 6 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND v. ANSWER 8 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., ECF No. 40

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Defendants.

THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE DENIED

ECF No.

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

DAYS

13 Plaintiff is a state prisoner who alleges that defendants Newsom, Shaffer, and Bakerjian violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights when they disregarded state provisions governing his eligibility for elderly parole. ECF No. 1 at 4-5. He has filed a motion for summary judgment on

those claims that should be denied. Additionally, defendants have filed a motion to amend their answer that will be granted. Defendants’ Motion to Amend Answer Defendants have asked to amend their answer to add the affirmative defenses of res judicata and collateral…