(PC) Parker v. Lynch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MELVIN A. PARKER, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01674 JLT SKO 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THIS

13 v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE TO OBEY COURT

14 JEFF LYNCH, et al., ORDERS AND FAILURE TO PROSECUTE,

AND DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT

15 Defendants. TO CLOSE THIS CASE

16 (Doc. 11)

17 18 Melvin A. Parker seeks to hold the defendants—who he identifies as the “Warden/ 19 Superintendents” at California State Prison-Sacramento and Kern Valley State Prison— liable for 20 civil rights violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See generally Doc. 1.) The magistrate 21 judge screened the allegations of Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and 22 found Plaintiff failed to state a cognizable claim. (Doc. 9 at 4-8.) The magistrate judge directed 23 Plaintiff to file any amended complaint within 21 days and informed him the failure to do so 24 would…