Burnett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL ANTHONY LYNCH, Case No.: 18-cv-01677-DMS (JLB)

Plaintiff,

REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION RE:

PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO JOIN

KEVIN BURNETT, et al.,

PARTIES

Defendants. [ECF Nos. 58, 77]

Before the Court are two motions, substantively duplicative, to join parties filed by Plaintiff Paul Anthony Lynch (“Plaintiff”). (ECF Nos. 58, 77.) Defendant James Burnett (“Defendant” or “Burnett”) opposes (ECF Nos. 61, 78). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Civil Local Rule 72.3 of the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, this Report and Recommendation is submitted to United States District Judge Dana M. Sabraw. Upon review of the pleadings and for the reasons discussed below, the Court respectfully RECOMMENDS that the motions to join parties be GRANTED.1

26 Although Plaintiff’s second motion was untimely, the relief requested…