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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN E. MITCHELL, No. 1:22-cv-00006-JLT-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

v.

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND

T. RODRIGUEZ, MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND Defendant. (Docs. 53 & 54) 16 John Mitchell is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is currently proceeding on Plaintiff’s First Amendment free exercise claim against Defendant Rodriguez, which alleges Rodriguez deprived Plaintiff of a religious object. (Docs. 25, 27, 29, & 50). All other claims and defendants have been dismissed. (Id.) On March 16, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to amend, along with a proposed amended complaint. (Docs. 51 & 53). On March 17, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge entered findings and recommendations, recommending “that Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend (ECF No. 53) be DENIED.” (Doc. 54 at 3). The parties were provided…