Espinoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSUE A. MEJIA, Case No. 1:24-cv-01381-KES-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR ENTRY

OF DEFAULT

v. (ECF No. 21) ESPINOZA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Josue A. Mejia, a state prisoner, proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF Nos. 1, 6). The Court has screened the complaint and allowed this action to proceed on Plaintiff’s claims (1) for excessive use of force against Defendants Espinoza, Pangaldan, Ayala, Guiterrez, John Doe 1, John Doe 2, and Lopez; 20 (2) for failure to protect against Defendants Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2; (3) for deliberate 21 indifference to serious medical needs against Defendant Pangaldan; and (4) for retaliation against 22 Defendant Gomez. (ECF No. 13). 23 This matter is now before the Court on Plaintiff’s “declaration for entry of default.” (ECF 24 No. 21, capitalization omitted). The Court construes this filing as a motion requesting a Clerk’s 25 entry of default…