Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRACYE BENARD WASHINGTON, 1:19-cv-00156-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST FOR COURT TO FIND

vs. ATTORNEY CECILIA MARTIN IN

CONTEMPT OF COURT

HICKS, et al., (ECF No. 76.)

Defendants.

14 15 I. BACKGROUND Tracye Benard Washington (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s Complaint filed on February 5, 2019, against defendants Sergeant David Hicks and Correctional Officer Hipolito Rocha (“Defendants”) for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.)1 On September 10, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for the court to find defense counsel Cecilia Martin in contempt of court and to impose sanctions against her. (ECF No. 76.) II. CONTEMPT OF COURT A party seeking a finding of civil contempt “has the burden of showing by clear and 26 …