Zaragoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE WILLIAMS, No. 2:21-cv-0153 DJC AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER L. ZARAGOZA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a former state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion to compel (ECF No. 41) which defendant opposes (ECF No. 42). I. Plaintiff’s Allegations Plaintiff alleges that defendant Estrada violated his rights under the First and Eighth Amendments when Estrada punched plaintiff in the chest for no reason and later retaliated against plaintiff for filing a grievance about the use of force by having plaintiff relocated to a unit with inmates who either previously had or were currently ill with the COVID-19 virus. ECF No. 6 at 10-11, 14. Defendants Tovar and Bawari are alleged to have violated plaintiff’s rights under the First and Eighth Amendments when Bawari told Tovar to “do something” to plaintiff for filing grievances and Tovar responded by putting plaintiff in a chokehold and kicking him. Id.…