Navarro
(PC) Martinez v. Navarro
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 JOSE ANTONIO MARTINEZ, 1:19-cv-00378-JLT-GSA-PC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL OR vs. EXPERT 13 NAVARRO, et al., (ECF No. 74.) 14 Defendants. 15 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. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s original Complaint, filed on March 22, 2019, against defendants Sergeant (Sgt.) Navarro and Correctional Officer (C/O) Navarro for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) This case is scheduled for trial to commence on May 16, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 4 before United States District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston, with a pretrial conference scheduled for March 27, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. before Judge Thurston via Zoom.
26 1 On September 11, 2020, the Court dismissed Defendants Kellog, Sellers, Stamphill, Landry, and McConnell from this case…