Mendoza

I. BACKGROUND

21 Salvador Venegas (“Plaintiff”) is a state inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 22 in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth 23 Amendment excessive force claims against Defendants Mendoza, Grimsley, Cornejo, Navarro, 24 Layshot, and Mattingly; First Amendment retaliation claims against Defendants Mendoza, 25 Grimsley, Cornejo, Navarro, and Gonzalez; Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process 26 claims against Defendant Bracken; Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claims against 27 Defendant Cahapisan; Eighth Amendment conditions of confinement claims against Defendant 28 Muñoz; and First Amendment access to mail claims against Defendants Mendoza, Grimsley, Cornejo, and Navarro.1 (See ECF Nos. 10, 12). Plaintiff’s claims relate to an alleged assault, failure to provide medical treatment, and subsequent placement in administrative segregation. On August 30, 2022, Defendant filed a notice of compliance with the scheduling order and thereafter submitted documents (Bates Numbers 001-057) withheld under the official 5 information privilege. (ECF No. 58). The documents were…