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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 JARED DAVIS, Case No. 1:21-cv-00494-JLT-HBK (PC)
12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS IN FULL
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(Doc. 22)
14 K. ALLISON, R. GODWIN, and O.
ONYEJE,
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Defendants.
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17 The Magistrate Judge issued findings and recommendations, which concluded that
18 Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint should be dismissed for failure to state a claim. (See Doc.
19 22.) Plaintiff filed objections on November 8, 2023. (Doc. 23).
20 The Court has conducted a de novo review of this case. (28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C).)
21 Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the Court finds the Findings and Recommendations to
22 be supported by the record and by proper analysis. The magistrate judge correctly found that the
23 allegations in the Second Amended Complaint do not establish that any of the Defendants
24 participated in, nor even were aware of, the decisions by prison staff to remove an inmate from
25 quarantine early and place him in Plaintiff’s cell. (Doc. 22 at 6). The Objections include new
26 facts that are not included in the Second Amended Complaint as to the inmate’s treatment by
27 medical staff and placement in Plaintiff’s cell. (See Doc. 23 at 1-2). Even assuming these
28 allegations are true, they only implicate unspecified prison staff who are not named in this action,
1 | and do not set forth constitutional violations by any of the Defendants. The Objections also
2 | allege for the first time that “most” inmates placed in D yard for quarantine were taken off
3 | quarantine early “and placed against their will into inmates cell’s [sic] who have not tested
4 | possitive [sic].” (Doc. 23 at 2-3). The Court declines to consider this vague assertion, made for
5 || the first time in Plaintiff's Objections, which is unsupported by any details that would permit the
6 | Court to infer personal knowledge. Graham v. Langford, 2017 WL 3151232, at *1 (C.D. Cal.
7 | July 24, 2017) C[A] district court has discretion, but is not required, to consider evidence or
8 | arguments presented for the first time in objections to a report and recommendation.”) (citing
9 | Brown y. Roe, 279 F.3d 742 (9th Cir. 2002) and United States v. Howell, 231 F.3d 615 (9th Cir.
10 | 2000)). It is not the Court’s role to request records of CDCR pertaining to Plaintiff and these
11 | other unspecified inmates to validate Plaintiffs claims, as Plaintiff directs the Court to do in his
12 | Objections. (Doc. 23 at 4).
13 In his Objections, Plaintiff also reasserts that prison officials’ failure to provide personal
14 | protective equipment and cleaning supplies violated the Eighth Amendment. (Doc. 23 at 2-3).
15 | However, the magistrate judge properly found that such general allegations do not state an Eighth
16 | Amendment claim, particularly when Plaintiff does not assert any facts linking the failure to
17 || provide PPE and cleaning supplies with his purported injury. (Doc. 22 at 6-7). For these reasons,
18 || the Objections do not articulate a cognizable basis for rejecting the findings and
19 | recommendations. Thus, the Court ORDERS:
20 1. The Findings and Recommendation, filed on October 13, 2023 (Doc. 22), are
21 | ADOPTED IN FULL.
22 2. The action is DISMISSED.
23 3. The Clerk of Court shall close this case.
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95 IT IS SO ORDERED.
26 Dated: _ December 19, 2023 Charis [Tourn
TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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