(PC) Williams v. Corcoran State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE WILLIAMS, No. 1:21-cv-1009-JLT-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

v. THE ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE CORCORAN STATE PRISON, et al., (Doc. 34) Defendants. 16 The assigned magistrate judge screened the First Amended Complaint and found Plaintiff stated cognizable claims against Defendants Pederson, Diaz, and Rios for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment and retaliation in violation of the First Amendment, but failed to state any other cognizable claims against any other defendants, or the claims were improperly joined with other unrelated claims in violation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 18. (Doc. 16.) Plaintiff was granted leave to either file a second amended complaint, not to exceed 20 pages in length, or to notify the Court in writing that he was willing to proceed only on the claims found cognizable. (Id.) Following extensions of time—in which…