Gomez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK SHANE THOMPSON, ) Case No.: 1:18-cv-00125-LJO-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW ) CAUSE v. ) [ECF No. 57] A. GOMEZ, et al., ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ) AMEND BE GRANTED, AND DISMISSING ) DEFENDANT JOHN DOE NUMBER __ FOR ) FAILURE TO IDENTIFY AND SERVE ) ) [ECF Nos. 57, 58] )

Plaintiff Mark Shane Thompson is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to amend to substitute Doe Defendant Number 1 as D. Johnson,1 a correctional sergeant at California Correctional Institution Facility 4B, filed December 31, 2019. (ECF No. 58.) Plaintiff also requests to dismiss Doe Defendant Number 2 because he is unable to identify the…