Banaag

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KEVIN ANGELO BECKETT, JR., No. 2:18-cv-2655 MCE AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 S. BANAAG, 15 Defendant. 16 17 I. Introduction 18 Plaintiff is a state prisoner (or former state prisoner1) proceeding pro se and in forma 19 pauperis with this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff pursues an Eighth 20 Amendment excessive force claim against sole defendant S. Banaag, a former prison cook at 21 California State Prison Solano (CSP-SOL). The court’s most recent order directed plaintiff to 22 provide additional information to facilitate service of process on defendant, and informed plaintiff 23 that failure to do so may result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. In response, 24 1 The CDCR Inmate Locator website no longer lists plaintiff as a CDCR prisoner. See 25 http://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/search.aspx. See also Fed. R. Evid. 201 (court may take judicial 26 notice of facts that are capable of accurate…