Parriot

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, 1:19-cv-00286-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

FOR THIS CASE TO PROCEED WITH

vs. FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

AGAINST DEFENDANTS A. CANTU, W.

BRIAN L. PARRIOT, et al., GUTIERREZ, AND J. MATTINGLY FOR

USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE, AND

Defendants. DISMISSING ALL OTHER CLAIMS

AND DEFENDANTS

(ECF No. 22.)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

I. BACKGROUND Lawrence Christopher Smith (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on February 14, 2019, in the Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 1.) On March 4, 2019, the case was transferred to this court. (ECF No. 3.) On August 13, 2020, the court…