(PC) Burchett v. California Dept of Corr and Rehabilitations

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaFebruary 10, 20201:19-cv-00055California891 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 PETER BURCHETT, No. 1:19-cv-00055-NONE-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR RECONSIDERATION AND FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO COUNSEL

JANE DOE, et al., (Doc. No. 61)

Defendants.

18 Plaintiff Peter Burchett is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that on January 31, 2018, at least eight peace officers attacked him and sprayed him with pepper spray “for no reason but physical torture.” (Doc. No. 16 at 5.) On November 15, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that “[t]his case proceed on Plaintiff’s excessive force claims against the eight Doe Defendants that allegedly attacked him on January 31, 2018, and defendant Ramirez,” and that “[a]ll other claims and defendants be dismissed.” (Doc. No. 53 at 7.) Plaintiff 27 …

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