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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSE O. ARTEAGA, Case No. 2:20-cv-00752-WBS-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING THE JULY 26, 2022

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

14 N. WEST, et al., THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO AMEND

THE COMPLAINT AND TO SET ASIDE

15 Defendants. VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL BE DENIED 16 ECF Nos. 31, 32, & 40 17 18 I previously screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 19 § 1915A(a). ECF No. 16. I notified plaintiff that the amended complaint stated cognizable 20 Eighth Amendment claims against defendants West and John Doe #1, but that all other claims 21 were insufficiently pled. Id. I granted plaintiff thirty days to advise the court whether he 22 intended to stand on his complaint, file an amended complaint, or proceed on the amended 23 complaint’s cognizable claims, voluntarily dismissing his other claims. Id. After plaintiff 24 notified the court that he wanted to proceed…