Medina

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 WESLEY COTTON, Case No. 1:22-cv-00568-JLT-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 12 RECOMMENDING THAT PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT BE 13 DENIED MEDINA, et al., 14 (ECF No. 103) Defendants. 15 OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

THIRTY (30) DAYS

16 17 18 Plaintiff Wesley Cotton (Plaintiff) is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 19 civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that while he was in a 20 locked caged enclosure in the B yard of Corcoran State Prison (CSP), toxic gas from cannisters 21 used to break up a fight in the C yard drifted over and injured him. Plaintiff alleges that 22 Defendant Medina failed to protect Plaintiff from the gas and Plaintiff suffered from exposure. 23 (See generally ECF No. 1). 24 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment made on the ground that 25 Defendants’ attorney, Gregory…