Navarro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ANTONIO MARTINEZ, 1:19-cv-00378-JLT-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR ATTENDANCE OF AN

vs. INCARCERATED WITNESS, WITHOUT

PREJUDICE TO RENEWAL OF THE

NAVARRO, et al., MOTION WITHIN 20 DAYS

Defendants. (ECF No. 68.)

16 I. BACKGROUND Jose Antonio Martinez (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s original Complaint, filed on March 22, 2019, against defendants Correctional Officer Navarro and Sergeant M. Navarro for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) This case is scheduled for trial on May 16, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. before the Honorable Jennifer L. Thurston in Courtroom 4. (ECF No. 67.) A pretrial conference is scheduled for March 27, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. before the Honorable…