Ochoa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAQUICE JONES, Case No. 1:21-cv-00038-DAD-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION TO STAY BE GRANTED

VALOR OCHOA, et al., (ECF No. 35)

Defendants. 15 16 Jaquice Jones (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding based on allegations that defendants Ochoa, Perez, Avilia, and Castillo assaulted Plaintiff on March 18, 2020,1 that defendant Gonzalez failed to protect Plaintiff from the assault, that the assault occurred during a grievance interview and immediately after defendant Ochoa stated that Plaintiff is always complaining, and that all five defendants lied on their reports. (ECF Nos. 8, 13, & 14). On September 23, 2021, Defendants filed a motion to stay this case “pending resolution of Plaintiff’s related criminal case:…