(PC) Howell v. Johnson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KAREEM J. HOWELL, No. 2:19-cv-0611 DB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND 14 J. JOHNSON, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds without counsel in a civil rights action brought under 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants move for an order declaring plaintiff to be a vexatious litigant 19 under federal law and requiring him to post security in the amount of $8,800 pursuant to Local 20 Rule 151(b) before this matter proceeds. (ECF No. 21.) Plaintiff opposes…