(PS) Robbins v. Merit Systems Protection Board

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEANNA ROBBINS, No. 2:21-cv-00621-KJM-DMC Plaintiff, v. ORDER MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION

BOARD,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, brings this civil action. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge as provided by Eastern District of California local rules. On August 30, 2023, the Magistrate Judge filed findings and recommendations, which were served on the parties and which contained notice that the parties may file objections within the time specified therein. No objections to the findings and recommendations have been filed. Instead, plaintiff has filed an amended complaint. See First Am. Compl., ECF No. 26. The court presumes that any findings of fact are correct. See Orand v. United States, 602 F.2d 207, 208 (9th Cir. 1979). The magistrate judge’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Robbins v. Carey, 481 F.3d 1143, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007) (“[D]eterminations of law 27 …