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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 MICHAEL DEONTRAY WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:20-cv-01094-BAM (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE TO

11 v. ACTION 12 PFEIFFER, et al., ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND

13 Defendants. (ECF No. 15) 14 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REGARDING DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN

15 CLAIMS AND DEFENDANTS (ECF Nos. 1, 14, 16) 16

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

17 18 I. Background 19 Plaintiff Michael Deontray Williams (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and 20 in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 21 On October 2, 2020, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint and found that Plaintiff 22 stated a cognizable claim for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment against 23 Defendants Atkinson, Cervantes, and John Doe for the incident on August 31, 2018, but failed to 24 state any…