Struve

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID EVANS, No. 2: 19-cv-1376 JAM KJN P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 D. STRUVE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In the August 2, 2019 order directing service of defendants, the undersigned 19 found that plaintiff’s complaint stated the following potentially colorable claims for relief: 20 1) defendant Struve used excessive force against plaintiff on May 23, 2018; 2) defendants 21 Gonzalez, Dingfelder, Richardson, Calderon, Valice, Sidebotham and McCarval witnessed the 22 excessive force and failed to intervene; and 3) all defendants later falsely alleged, apparently in 23 reports prepared after the excessive force incident, that plaintiff resisted defendant Struve.1 (ECF 24 No. 6 at 1-2.) 25

1 In the complaint, plaintiff alleges, in relevant part, “Defendants D. Gonzales, L. Dingfelder, S. 26 Richardson, D. Calderon, Valice, Sidebotham…