Hernandez
(PC) Jones v. Hernandez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DRAKE JONES, No. 2:21-cv-00895-CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND HERNANDEZ, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On May 17, 2021, the court received plaintiff’s complaint against four correctional officers at the California Health Care Facility alleging that they used excessive force against him during a cell extraction on October 4, 2020. ECF No. 1. A duplicate copy of the same complaint was received on the same day and opened as a separate civil action in Jones v. Hernandez, Case No. 2:21-cv-00886-DMC (E.D. Cal.). This complaint has been screened and was ordered served on the same four defendants on August 4, 2021. See ECF No. 8 in Case No. 2:21-cv-00886- DMC. //// 28 …