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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, No. 2:19-cv-2437 TLN CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND H. LIU, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a California prisoner proceeding pro se with an action for violation of civil rights arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 3, 2021, plaintiff filed a third amended complaint after being given leave to do so on April 15, 2021. The third amended complaint is submitted to the court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). On May 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Virginia Papan, acting as co-counsel for 10 defendants identified in the third amended complaint, took plaintiff’s deposition. Counsel Papan, on behalf of those defendants, now moves to dismiss, or alternatively for monetary sanctions, based upon plaintiff’s behavior at his deposition. /////

1 Given the rules concerning the screening of prisoner § 1983 complaints, there were no claims…