Darling

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 WILLIAM BATES, No. 2:21-cv-1613 WBS KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER CHAD DARLING, et al. Defendants. 17 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff William Bates, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 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 January 18, 2022, the magistrate judge issued an Order finding that plaintiff’s complaint stated a potentially cognizable claim against defendants Darling, Condon, Maloney, and Stuhr for alleged Eighth Amendment violations. The Order also 28 dismissed, with leave to amend, defendants Lynch, Lee, Hobart, and Bullard, finding the complaint did not state a cognizable claim against them. (Docket No. 7.) The order directed plaintiff to file a “Notice of Election” form…