Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRACYE BENARD WASHINGTON, 1:19-cv-00156-JLT-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANT

vs. ROCHA’S MOTION FOR TERMINATING

DISCOVERY SANCTIONS BE GRANTED

HICKS, et al., AND THAT DEFENDANT ROCHA AND

PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS AGAINST HIM BE

Defendants. DISMISSED FROM THIS CASE, WITH

PREJUDICE

(ECF No. 101.)

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

DAYS

19 20 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 27 1 On June 22, 2020, the court issued an order…