(PC)Sams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES PLAS SAMS, Case No. 1:23-cv-0172 JLT HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE

v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND

DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

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