Zepp

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 VINCENT TURNER, Case No. 1:20-cv-00184-AWI-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT v. AND MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT ANDREW ZEPP, et al., (ECF Nos. 53, 54.) Defendants. 15 Plaintiff Vincent Turner (“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. Before the Court are Plaintiff’s request that the Court enter default against Defendant Tawansy and Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment against Defendant Tawansy. (ECF Nos. 53, 54.) I. BACKGROUND On June 23, 2020, the Court issued a screening order finding Plaintiff had stated a cognizable claim against Defendants Andrew Zepp and Khaled A. Tawansy for deliberate indifference to serious medical need in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 15.) The Court simultaneously issued an order finding service of the complaint…