Pilkerten

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN WESLEY WILLIAMS, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00151-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

TO DISMISS

PILKERTEN, et.al., ) ) [ECF No. 26] Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff John Wesley Williams is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, filed on February 4, 2019. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss, filed January 23, 2020. I. RELEVANT HISTORY This action is proceeding against Defendants Castro, Merida,1 Serna, Fernandez, Hicks, and Villarrial for retaliation under the First Amendment and deliberate indifference under the Eighth Amendment. /// 26 27 1 Plaintiff incorrectly identified Defendant Merida as “Mirda.” The Court will therefore direct the Clerk of Court to 28 On December…