Yablonsky v. California Department of Correction & Rehabilitation

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 John Henry YABLONSKY Case No.: 18cv1122-CAB-AGS

12 Plaintiff, ORDER: (1) ADOPTING REPORT 13 v. AND RECOMMENDATION [Doc. No. 39]; and (2) GRANTING IN PART 14 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF AND DENYING IN PART MOTION CORRECTION AND 15 TO DISMISS [Doc. No. 33] REHABILITATION, 16 Defendants. 17

18 On October 7, 2019, Defendants D. Powell, G. Martinez, J. Robles, D. McGuire, 19 R. Blahnik, and C. Tiscarnia (“Defendants”) filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s First 20 Amended Complaint. [Doc. No. 39.] On November 5, 2019, Plaintiff John Henry 21 Yablonsky (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition. [Doc. No. 35.] On December 13, 2019, 22 Defendants filed a reply. [Doc. No. 36.] On December 31, 2019, Plaintiff filed a sur- 23 reply. [Doc. No. 38.] On June 2, 2020, Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Schopler prepared a 24 Report and Recommendation (“Report”) recommending that the motion to dismiss be 25 granted in part and denied in part. [Doc. No. 39.] The Report also ordered that any 26 objections were to be filed by June 16, 2020. [Report at 17.] To date, no objection has 27 28 1 been filed, nor have there been any requests for an extension of time in which to file an 2 objection. 3 A district court’s duties concerning a magistrate judge’s report and 4 recommendation and a respondent’s objections thereto are set forth in Rule 72(b) of the 5 Federal rules of Civil Procedure and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). When no objections are 6 filed, the district court is not required to review the magistrate judge’s report and 7 recommendation. The Court reviews de novo those portions of the Report and 8 Recommendation to which objections are made. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Court may 9 “accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by 10 the magistrate judge.” Id. However, “[t]he statute makes it clear that the district judge 11 must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de novo if objection is 12 made, but not otherwise.” United States v. Reyna–Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th 13 Cir.2003) (en banc) (emphasis in original). “Neither the Constitution nor the statute 14 requires a district judge to review, de novo, findings and recommendations that the 15 parties themselves accept as correct.” Id. In the absence of timely objection, the Court 16 “need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to 17 accept the recommendation.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 advisory committee’s note (citing 18 Campbel v. U.S. Dist. Court, 501 F.2d 196, 206 (9th Cir. 1974)). 19 Here, neither party has timely filed objections to the Report. Having reviewed it, 20 the Court finds that it is thorough, well-reasoned, and contains no clear error. 21 Accordingly, the Court hereby: 22 (1) ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Schopler’s Report and Recommendation; 23 (2) GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART the motion to dismiss 24 Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint as follows: 25 a. Defendant’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED WITH LEAVE TO 26 AMEND as to the following claims: 27 1. Access-to-courts claim; 28 2. Retaliation claim (only as to the mail-reading allegation); 1 3. ADA disability-discrimination claim; and 2 4. Declaratory-relief claim. 3 b. Defendant’s motion to dismiss is otherwise DENIED. 4 (4) Plaintiff shall file any Second Amended Complaint no later than August 7, 5 ||2020. Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint must be complete in itself without 6 || reference to his original pleading. Defendants not named and any claims not re-alleged in 7 ||the Amended Complaint will be considered waived. See S.D. Cal. CivLR 15.1; Hal 8 || Roach Studios, Inc. v. Richard Feiner & Co., Inc., 896 F.2d 1542, 1546 (9th Cir. 1989) 9 || (“[A]n amended pleading supersedes the original.”); Lacey v. Maricopa Cnty., 693 F.3d 10 || 896, 928 (9th Cir. 2012) (noting that claims dismissed with leave to amend which are not 11 |/re-alleged in an amended pleading may be “considered waived if not repled.”) 12 (5) If Plaintiff does not file a Second Amended Complaint by August 7, 2020, then 13 || Defendants shall file an answer to the First Amended Complaint, as amended by this 14 || order, by August 21, 2020. 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 || Dated: July 14, 2020 (6 17 Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo 18 United States District Judge 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28