Casas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SALADIN RUSHDAN aka 1:16-cv-00988-NONE-GSA-PC

ROBERT STANLEY WOODS,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, Plaintiff, RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANT CASA’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE ENTRY vs. OF DEFAULT BE GRANTED, AND PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR DEFAULT

D. DAVEY, et al., JUDGMENT BE DENIED

15 Defendants. (ECF Nos. 65, 67.)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN (14) DAYS

20 I. BACKGROUND Saladan Rushdan aka Robert Stanley Woods (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint filed on March 9, 2018, against defendant Correctional Officer Casas (“Defendant”) for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment and related state claims. (ECF No. 28.) On March 27, 2020, the court granted Plaintiff’s motion for entry of default against 28 …