Gadsden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD EARL GADSDEN, Case No.: 20-cv-02258-WQH (DEB) 12 Plaintiff, REPORT AND v.

RECOMMENDATION ON

14 JOHN GEHRIS and MICHAEL DEFENDANT GEHRIS’S MOTION TO DISMISS

MCGRATH

16 [DKT. NO. 4] Defendants. 17 18 This Report and Recommendation is submitted to United States District Judge William Q. Hayes pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Civil Local Rules 72.1(e) and 72.3(e). I. INTRODUCTION Before the Court is Defendant John Gehris’s Motion to Dismiss. Dkt. No. 4-1. The Motion contends Plaintiff’s Complaint fails to state a First Amendment retaliation claim against Gehris. Id. at 2. Plaintiff opposes the Motion (Dkt. No. 11), and Gehris replied (Dkt. No. 18). For the following reasons, the Court recommends GRANTING Gehris’s Motion to Dismiss. /// II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. Plaintiff’s March 2020 Complaint Against Gehris This is Plaintiff’s second case against Gehris. On…