Balaji

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARTHUR CARR, No. 2:19-cv-0688-TLN-EFB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A. BALAJI, et al., Defendants. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding with counsel in action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF Nos. 1, 31. Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s state-law negligence claims. ECF No. 46. The motion was originally set for hearing before the undersigned on August 4, 2021 pursuant to Local Rule 230. Id. Plaintiff failed to file an opposition brief in the time provided by that rule, however, and the court accordingly took the matter off calendar and directed plaintiff to file the brief or a statement of non-opposition. Id. The court has received plaintiff’s opposition and defendants’ reply (ECF Nos. 49, 50) and finds that the matter is suitable for decision without oral argument. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(g). Accordingly, the court declines to reschedule the motion hearing and…