(PC) Howard v. Brown, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL ANTHONY HOWARD, Case No. 1:18-cv-01710-DAD-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANTS

v. LENO AND W. HANNA BE DISMISSED

FROM THIS ACTION, WITHOUT

SGT. ENCINAS, et al., PREJUDICE, PURSUANT TO FEDERAL

RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 4(M)

Defendants. (ECF NOS. 17, 18, 19, & 39)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

17 I. BACKGROUND Michael Howard (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which includes state law claims. This case now proceeds “on Plaintiff’s complaint filed November 19, 2018 (ECF No. 1), on the following claims: Plaintiff’s claim against defendants J. Flores, J. Alejo, R. Nichols, H. Rodriguez, A. Loza, Leno, and A. Encinas for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment; Plaintiff’s claim against…