Romero

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE WILLIAMS, No. 2:17-cv-1884 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ROMERO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Plaintiff alleges defendants used excessive force and were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. Before the court are: (1) defendants response to an order to show cause why they should not be sanctioned; and (2) plaintiff’s motion for sanctions. For the reasons set forth below, this court declines to impose sanctions on defendants and denies plaintiff’s motion. BACKGROUND Plaintiff originally filed an action regarding the events at issue here in 2015. Williams v. Arnold, No. 2:15-cv-0782 JAM DB P. Because plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing suit, the court dismissed the case without prejudice in 2017. Plaintiff re-filed this action later in 2017. The present case is proceeding on…