Gannon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 LAMONT SHEPARD, No. 1:23-cv-01486-KES-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISMISS

v. CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEFENDANTS

S. GANNON, et al., (Doc. 23)

14 Defendants.

17 Lamont Shepard is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint, as amended, alleges that, after he assisted another inmate with a prison grievance, prison officials began mistreating him, including using excessive force against him, retaliating against him, and denying him medical care. See generally Doc. 14. The matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff filed his initial complaint on October 18, 2023, and a First Amended Complaint FAC on January 29, 2024. Docs. 1, 14. Plaintiff thereafter filed multiple requests to amend his complaint to add new claims and defendants, without attaching a proposed amended…