Esmond

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LEON BROWN, Case No. 1:21-cv-00808-CDB (PC)

12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DISMISS CERTAIN CLAIMS

13 v.

14 R. ESMOND, et al., 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

15 Defendants. Clerk of the Court to Assign District Judge

16 17 Plaintiff Leon Brown is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 18 brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 RELEVANT PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 20 On May 13, 2021, Defendants R. Esmond, J. Gutierrez, B. Cates and K. Holland removed 21 this action from the Sacramento County Superior Court to the Sacramento Division of this Court. 22 (Doc. 1.) On May 14, 2021, Defendants filed a request for screening of Plaintiff’s complaint 23 pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). (Doc. 3.) 24 On May 18, 2021, Magistrate Judge Allison Claire granted Defendants’ request for 25 screening, ordering Defendants to file a responsive pleading to the complaint, or any portion that 26 survives…