Bernhardt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHASE MATTHEW LENTZ, No. 2:21-cv-0071 JAM DB PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER DAVID BERNHARDT, Secretary of the Interior, 15 Defendant. 17 Plaintiff Chase Matthew Lentz is proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was referred to the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). A Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Conference is set before the undersigned on August 27, 2021. (ECF No. 11.) Review of the parties’ briefing, however, finds that plaintiff resides in Fresno, County. (ECF No. 12 at 5.) Defendant is the Secretary of the Interior, located in Washington, D.C. (ECF No. 13 at 1.) The events at issue concerns allegations of employment discrimination while plaintiff was employed as a botanist at the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management in the Redding Field Office in Redding, CA. (ECF No. 1 at 8.) Specifically, the complaint identifies several employees at the Redding…