Banaag

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN ANGELO BECKETT, JR., No. 2:18-cv-2655 MCE AC P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS S. BANAAG, Defendant. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff is a state prisoner (or former state prisoner1) proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff pursues an Eighth Amendment excessive force claim against sole defendant S. Banaag, a former prison cook at California State Prison Solano (CSP-SOL). The court’s most recent order directed plaintiff to provide additional information to facilitate service of process on defendant, and informed plaintiff that failure to do so may result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. In response, 24 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 notice of facts that are capable of accurate…