West

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE O. ARTEAGA, Case No. 2:20-cv-00752-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER: v. DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO THIS

N. WEST, et al., CASE Defendants. DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO

STRIKE AS UNNECESSARY

16 ECF No. 30

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO AMEND

THE COMPLAINT AND TO SET ASIDE

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL BE DENIED ECF Nos. 31 & 32 22 I previously screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). ECF No. 16. I notified plaintiff that the amended complaint stated cognizable Eighth Amendment claims against defendants West and John Doe #1, but that all other claims were insufficiently pled. Id. I granted plaintiff thirty days to advise the court whether he intended to stand on his complaint, file an amended…