Dean

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 JAMES D. ALLEN, aka LLORD J.P. Case No. 1:21-cv-01150-NONE-EPG (PC) ALLEN,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

Plaintiff, RECOMMENDING THAT CERTAIN

CLAIMS AND DEFENDANTS BE

v. DISMISSED

RASHUAN Q. DEAN, et al., (ECF NOS. 1 & 12)

Defendants. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

15 James D. Allen, also known as Llord Allen (“Plaintiff”), is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on July 29, 2021. (ECF No. 1). The Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF No. 12). The Court found that only the following claims should proceed past the screening stage: Plaintiff’s First Amendment retaliation claim against defendant Dean. (Id.). The Court gave Plaintiff thirty days to either: “a. File a First Amended Complaint; b. Notify the Court in writing that he does not want to file an amended complaint and instead wants to proceed only on his…