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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA C. DWAYNE GILMORE, No.: 1:12-cv-00925-NONE-SAB (PC) Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. TO SUBSITUTE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST IN

FOR DEFENDANT JOHNNY “JJ” TORRES

C. LOCKARD, et al.,

Defendants. ( Doc. No. 275)

Plaintiff C. Dwayne Gilmore is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to substitute Elizabeth Torres (“Ms. Torres”) as successor in interest of the estate of Johnny “JJ” Torres for her deceased husband, named defendant Johnny “JJ” Torres (hereinafter, “decedent”). (Doc. No. 275.) For the reasons stated below, the motion to substitute will be granted. RELEVANT HISTORY This action proceeds against defendants Lockard, Lopez, Hightower, and Torres for excessive use of force, and against defendant Torres for deliberate indifference to…