Youngblood

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMES BARNHART, Case No.: 1:21-cv-00984 SKO (PC) 12 Plaintiff,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

13 v. DISMISS ACTION FOR FAILURE TO

PROSECUTE AND FAILURE TO OBEY

14 DONNY YOUNGBLOOD, et al., COURT ORDER

15 Defendants. Clerk of Court to Assign District Judge

16 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

17

18 Plaintiff James Barnhart is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 19 action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 21 Plaintiff filed his complaint on June 22, 2021. (Doc. 1.) On November 9, 2022, this Court 22 issued its First Screening Order. (Doc. 8.) The Court found Plaintiff’s complaint fails to state any 23 cognizable claim against any named defendant. (Id. at 5-6.) Plaintiff was given the opportunity to 24 amend his complaint to cure the deficiencies identified in the screening order. (Id. at 6-8.) 25 Plaintiff was ordered to file an amended complaint, or,…