Baeza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN EDWARD MITCHELL, Case No. 1:20-cv-00857-NODJ-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

PERMIT PLAINTIFF TO PROCEED ON

v. COGNIZABLE CLAIMS AND DISMISS

REMAINING CLAIMS AND DEFENDANT1

H. BAEZA, et al., (Doc. Nos. 30, 33) Defendants. 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD2

17 Plaintiff John Edward Mitchell is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff proceeds on his Second Amended Complaint. (Doc. No. 30). As more fully set forth below, the undersigned finds the Second Amended Complaint states cognizable First Amendment retaliation claims against Defendants Baeza and Gutierrez, Eighth Amendment Failure to Protect claims against Defendants Baeza, Gutierrez, Valencia-Mendoza, John Doe #1, Parra, and Vang, and conspiracy claims against

1 This matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302 (E.D.…