Mendoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SALVADOR VENEGAS, Case No. 1:21-cv-00962-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING THAT CERTAIN

v. CLAIMS AND DEFENDANTS BE

DISMISSED

E. MENDOZA, et al., (ECF Nos. 1, 11, 12) Defendants.

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE

18 Plaintiff Salvador Venegas (“Plaintiff”) is a state inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 21 Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on June 21, 2021.1 (ECF No. 1.) On August 13, 2021, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint and found that Plaintiff stated claims 22 for violations of the following constitutional rights: Eighth Amendment excessive force against 23 Defendants Mendoza, Grimsley, Cornejo, Navarro, Layshot, and Mattingly; First Amendment 24 retaliation against Defendants…