(PC) Christopher Lipsey v. Edmund Brown, Jr

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., No. 2:18-cv-1997 AC P 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff, a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 17

1983 and has requested authority pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1915

to proceed in forma pauperis. 18 ECF Nos. 1, 2, 8.1 This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 19 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). 20 For the reasons stated below,…