Gooch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLEN HAMMLER, Case No. 1:19-cv-00653-AWI-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANT

v. JOHN DOE BE DISMISSED FROM THIS

ACTION, WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

GOOCH, et al., PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL

PROCEDURE 4(M)

Defendants. (ECF Nos. 73 & 80)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS 17 I. BACKGROUND Allen Hammler (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is proceeding on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims for deliberate indifference to a serious risk of harm against defendants John Doe and Salcedo and his Eighth Amendment medical indifference claims against defendants Salcedo, Gooch, and Burnes. (ECF Nos. 14 & 23). Defendant John Doe has not been served. On July 28, 2022, the Court set a deadline of…