Simmons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MELVIN JOSEPH SIMMONS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00970-SAB

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING DENYING MOTION

v. FOR RELIEF, DENYING MOTIONS FOR

JOINDER, AND DISMISSING ACTION

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH EDUCATION AND WELFARE, et al., COURT ORDER, FAILURE TO PROSECUTE, AND FAILURE TO PAY Defendants. FILING FEE

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT

JUDGE

18 (ECF Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8)

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN TWENTY-

ONE DAYS

21 I. INTRODUCTION Melvin Joseph Simmons (“Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at the California State Prison, Corcoran, and proceeding pro se, filed this action on June 28, 2023. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee, and on June 30, 2023, the Court issued an order requiring Plaintiff to pay the filing…