(PC) Perez v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SANDRO S. PEREZ, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00840-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION v. ) FOR SANCTIONS AND/OR EXPENSES

A, SMITH, et al., ) (ECF No. 48) )

Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Sandro S. Perez is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for sanctions, filed November 10, 2021. (ECF No. 48.) I. BACKGROUND This action is proceeding against Defendants A. Smith, D. Schuller, G. Nwachukwu, J. Burell, V. Giannandrea, J. Trujillo-Villa, J. Szalai, J. Alvarez for failure to protect Plaintiff from an inmate attack on December 18, 2018, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Defendants filed an answer to the complaint on December 21, 2020. /// /// On…