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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUSTIN HATCHER, A.K.A. LEXI No. 2:19-cv-0793 AC P

HATCHER,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER AND FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS

G. JUNES, et al.,

15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Defendants’ motion to dismiss is now before the court. ECF No. 41. Plaintiff has filed a document that has been construed as an opposition (ECF No. 46), and defendants have filed a reply (ECF No. 49). For the reasons stated below, the undersigned will recommend that defendants’ motion be granted and the case be dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b) as a sanction for plaintiff’s complete failure to participate in discovery. //// //// 27 Plaintiff is a transgender inmate. See ECF No. 8 at 1 (motion to amend stating same). The court uses her preferred…