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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA JESSE CANTU,, No. 1:20-cv-00386-NONE-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

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JOHN DOE 1, et al., (Doc. No. 9) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Joshua Jesse Cantu initiated this action by filing a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 following his release from the custody of the California Department of Corrections. (Doc. No. 1.) The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On September 9, 2020, the then-assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, noting that plaintiff had stated cognizable Eighth Amendment excessive us of force claims against corrections officers John Doe 1, P. Ward, B. Xiong, P. Dunn, and John Doe 2, but recommending the dismissal of plaintiff’s claims brought against defendants John Doe 3, D. Maciel, K. Santoro, and Gerald Brown for failure to state a claim. (Doc. No. 9 at 6.) …