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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, Case No. 1:23-cv-00054-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DISMISS DEFENDANT GUTIERREZ,

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE, FOR FAILURE TO

SERVE

J. BARRIOS, et al.,

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

Defendants. 14 Plaintiff Durrell Anthony Puckett (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s second amended complaint against Defendants J. Barrios, H. Hernandez, White, Baraona, and Jane Doe 1 for claims under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, arising from events that occurred in late January and early February 2021 at Corcoran State Prison. (See Doc. No. 50). I. Procedural Background On February 17, 2023, the Court issued an order directing service on four Defendants1 in this case, including Defendant Gutierrez, under the Court’s E-Service pilot program for civil rights…