Perez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ETUATE SEKONA, 1:19-cv-00400-JLT-GSA-PC Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 62.)

R. PEREZ, et al., ORDER ADDRESSING THE MATTER OF

UNSERVED DEFENDANTS AND

Defendants. DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (ECF No. 60.)

17 I. BACKGROUND Etuate Sekona (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pre se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with the Third Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff on December 13, 2021, against Correctional Officers Perez, Muniz, Sims, and Maldonado for failure to protect Plaintiff in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 39.) Defendants Muniz and Sims were successfully served with process, but on September 8, 2022, the United States Marshal (“Marshal”) returned the summonses unexecuted for defendants Maldonado and R. Perez. (ECF No. 59.) The Marshal indicated that on March 22, 2022,…