Vangerwin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY CHAPPA, No. 2:20-cv-0413 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

VANGERWIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a county jail inmate, proceeding pro se. Plaintiff’s complaint was filed with the court on February 24, 2020. As discussed in this court’s initial screening order issued concurrently herewith, the court’s own records reveal that on February 20, 2020, plaintiff filed a complaint containing virtually identical allegations concerning the use of excessive force by defendants Vangerwin and McQuillan at the Shasta County Jail on July 19, 2019. Chappa v. Shasta County Sheriff, Case No. 2:20-cv-0379 AC P (E.D. Cal.). Plaintiff included such allegations in the first cause of action set forth in his original complaint filed herein. (ECF No. 1.) Due to the duplicative nature of plaintiff’s first claim, the court recommends that plaintiff’s first cause of action be dismissed as…