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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMES PLAS SAMS, Case No. 1:23-cv-0172 JLT HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE

13 v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND

DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

14 LEANNA LUNDY, et al., CLOSE THIS CASE 15 Defendants. (Doc. 17) 16 17 James Plas Sams initiated this action seeking to hold fifteen defendants liable for various 18 violations of his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 1.) The assigned magistrate 19 judge screened Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The magistrate judge found 20 Plaintiff’s claims were misjoined and he failed to state a cognizable claim. (See generally Doc. 21 12.) Therefore, Plaintiff was directed to take one of the following actions: (1) file an amended 22 complaint, (2) file a notice to stand on his complaint subject to a recommendation it be dismissed, 23 (3) file a notice of voluntary dismissal. (Id. at 10.) Plaintiff moved for…