Kachalkin
(PC) Watts v. Kachalkin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JENELLE FLEMING AND CHAD Case No. 2:23-cv-01666-JDP (PC)
WATTS,
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION Plaintiffs, THAT PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIMS MAY PROCEED PAST SCREENING, BUT v. SHOULD BE STAYED PENDING STATE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS MICHAEL KACHALKIN, et al., ECF No. 1 Defendants. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’
APPLICATIONS TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS ECF Nos. 2 & 5 19 20 Plaintiffs allege that defendants Kachalkin and Gibson, officers with the Stockton Police Department, violated their constitutional rights. ECF No. 1. Having reviewed the complaint, I find that it contains two separate constitutional claims, only one of which is suitable to proceed. Defendant Watts alleges that defendants violated his rights by using excessive force against him during his…