Salazar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA D. BLAND, No. 1:19-cv-01499-NONE-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS

AND STRIKE, AND ORDERING

REUBEN A. SALAZAR II, DEFENDANT TO FILE ANSWER WITHIN

TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF SERVICE

Defendant. (Doc. Nos. 39, 45, 47)

17 18 Joshua Bland (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 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 December 7, 2020, defendant Salazar filed a motion to dismiss and a request for judicial notice. (Doc. Nos. 39, 40.) Plaintiff filed an opposition to defendant’s motion to dismiss on December 21, 2020. (Doc. No. 42.) Defendant filed a reply on December 28, 2020. (Doc. No. 43.) Plaintiff filed an unauthorized surreply on January 6, 2021. …