Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 RAYMOND PEYTON, No. 1:22-cv-00151-JLT-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS vs. (Doc. No. 18)

BRIAN CATES,

14 Defendant.

17 Raymond E. Peyton alleges violations of the Equal Protection Clause and the Eighth 18 Amendment to the United States Constitution, related to the dangers posed to him by COVID 19 protocols and overcrowding at his prison, and the denial of his request for temporary medical 20 parole. Peyton further presents argument regarding whether Defendant Cates is entitled to 21 immunity on the claims at issue. 22 Peyton first filed this suit in state court, and Defendant Brian Cates1 removed the case to 23 federal court on February 3, 2022. (Doc. 1.) At the time of removal, Peyton had already once 24 amended his original complaint. Most of the factual and legal allegations pertinent to this case 25 were not included in Peyton’s first amended complaint but were instead in the case management 26 statement. Peyton was given leave to amend his complaint to comply…