Cooper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARRISON THOMAS FICKENWORTH, No. 2:23-cv-00412-DJC-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER JIM COOPER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, an inmate proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On August 8, 2023, the Magistrate Judge filed findings and recommendations herein which were served on Plaintiff and which contained notice to Plaintiff that any objections to the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Plaintiff did not file objections to the findings and recommendations, but he filed a notice stating that he did not receive either the court’s screening order (ECF No. 5) or order to show cause (ECF No. 8). (See ECF No. 10.) In light of Plaintiff’s response, the Magistrate Judge held his findings and recommendations in abeyance and…