Velasquez-Miranda

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARONTA TYRONE LEWIS, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-00188-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO v. ) RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO

THIS ACTION

M. VELASQUEZ-MIRANDA, et al., ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. ) RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN ) CLAIMS ) ) (ECF Nos. 8, 9) )

Plaintiff Daronta Tyrone Lewis is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant action on February 16, 2021. On April 12, 2021, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint, found that Plaintiff stated a cognizable retaliation claim against Defendants J. Velasquez-Miranda and N. Holets, a cognizable excessive force claim against Defendants J. Velasquez-Miranda, N. Holets, Lara, and Shelton, and cognizable state law claims for battery and assault against Defendants J.…