Valencia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN MCCLINTOCK, No. 2:22-cv-1884 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS G. VALENCIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. Plaintiff sua sponte filed an amended complaint, and the undersigned determined that plaintiff stated potentially cognizable retaliation claims against defendants G. Valencia, L. Cantu, and T. Cooper in claims one, two and ten of the amended complaint. (ECF No. 11.) Plaintiff was granted leave to amend to attempt to state cognizable claims against the remaining defendants provided they were related to the retaliation claims brought against defendants G. Valencia, L. Cantu and T. Cooper. (Id.) Plaintiff filed objections to the dismissal of such claims and opted not to file a second amended complaint. (ECF No. 14.) As set forth below, it is recommended that plaintiff’s two unrelated cognizable claims be severed from this…