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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS LEE GLEASON, JR., No. 2:20-cv-00775-KJM-CKD P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

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REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants. 17 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding on First Amendment retaliation and supplemental state law claims against defendant Romary based on the confiscation and destruction of plaintiff’s personal property on August 4, 2019. See ECF No. 8 (screening order). Currently pending before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 75. For the reasons explained below, the undersigned recommends granting defendant’s motion on the First Amendment retaliation claim and dismissing the remaining supplemental state law claims without prejudice. /////

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///// I. Allegations in the Complaint1 In his verified…