Wallace

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 JAMES EDWARD WALLACE, Case No. 1:21-cv-01275-DAD-EPG 10 Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER v. ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO: ACOSTA, et al., (1) NOTIFY THE COURT THAT HE Defendants. WANTS TO PROCEED ONLY ON HIS EXCESSIVE-FORCE CLAIM AGAINST

DEFENDANT ACOSTA;

15 (2) FILE A FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; OR

(3) NOTIFY THE COURT THAT HE

WANTS TO STAND ON HIS COMPLAINT

18 (ECF No. 1)

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

20 21 Plaintiff James Edward Wallace is a pretrial detainee and proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF Nos. 1, 3). Plaintiff filed his complaint on August 23, 2021, which is now before the Court for screening. (ECF No. 1). The Court has reviewed the complaint and finds that Plaintiff’s excessive-force claim against Defendant Acosta should proceed past screening.…