Delacruz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MAUREECE SIMPKINS, Case No.: 1:25-cv-00249-SKO Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DISMISS CERTAIN CLAIMS AND

v. DEFENDANTS FOLLOWING SCREENING

OF PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT

ARMANDO DELACRUZ, et al., 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD Defendants. Clerk of the Court to Assign District Judge

Plaintiff Maureece Simpkins is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action. I. BACKGROUND On November 26, 2025, this Court issued its First Screening Order. (Doc. 11.) It found Plaintiff plausibly alleged the following claims: Eighth Amendment excessive force against Defendants Delacruz and Escobedo; Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs against Defendant Policarpio, and Eighth Amendment failure to protect against Defendants Hightower and Moreno-Guillen; the undersigned further found Plaintiff failed to allege any other cognizable claim against any other named Defendant. (Id. at…