Jones

Background 11 On September 14, 2015, Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, initiated this action by filing 12 a prisoner civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Doc. No. 1). Plaintiff is proceeding on 13 his First Amended Complaint filed on May 26, 2017 (Doc. No. 16). The court’s § 1915A screening 14 findings and recommendation order issued on November 13, 2017, adopted by the District Court (Doc. No. 23), found in pertinent part that Plaintiff stated a First Amendment retaliation claim for damages against Defendants Jones, Schmidt, Yerton, Excarcega, and Nelson stemming from the 18 following incidents: 19 (1) against Defendants Jones and Schmidt for filing false disciplinary proceedings; (2) against Defendants Jones and Schmidt for filing false disciplinary charges on January 27, 2014; (3) against Defendant Jones for denying Plaintiff access to the law library in February and March 2014; (4) against Defendants Schmidt, Yerton, Excarcega and Nelson for re-housing Plaintiff with inmate Jones; and (5) against Defendant Jones for destroying a March 20, 2014 grievance.

24 See Doc. No. 19 at 17-18. 25…