Ochoa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAQUICE JONES, Case No. 1:21-cv-00038-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND

v. (ECF NO. 11) VALOR OCHOA, et al.,

Defendants.

14 Jaquice Jones (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 19, 2021, the Court issued a screening order. (ECF No. 8). In the screening order, the Court found “that the following claims should proceed past screening: Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment excessive force claim against defendants Ochoa, Perez, Avila, and Castillo; Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim against defendant Gonzalez; and Plaintiff’s First Amendment retaliation claim against defendants Ochoa, Perez, Avila, Castillo, and Gonzalez.” (Id. at 8). Given Plaintiff’s allegations regarding loss of Good Time Credits, the Court also cited to the favorable termination rule, but took no position…