Haroun

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOE ALFRED TAYLOR, Case No. 1:21-cv-01109-ADA-CDB (PC)

Plaintiff,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

v. DISMISS CERTAIN DEFENDANTS AND

CLAIMS

AYUB HAROUN, et al., (Doc. 21.) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Joe Alfred Taylor is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. RELEVANT PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On December 23, 2022, this Court issued its First Screening Order. (Doc. 21.) The Court found Plaintiff’s first amended complaint stated cognizable claims for a violation of Plaintiff’s First Amendment rights against Defendants De La Cruz and Haroun (Claims I & II) and a violation of Plaintiff’s equal protection rights against Defendants De La Cruz and Haroun (Claim III). However, it also found Plaintiff failed to state any other cognizable claims for relief against any other Defendant. (Id. at 7-16.) Plaintiff was given 21 days to elect one of the following…