Perez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ETUATE SEKONA, 1:19-cv-0400-JLT-GSA-PC Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL AND INVESTIGATOR BE

PEREZ, et al., DENIED, AND THAT DEFENDANTS R.

PEREZ AND MALDONADO BE

Defendants. DISMISSED FROM THIS ACTION PURSUANT TO RULE 4(m)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE BY MAY 1,

17 2023

23 I. BACKGROUND Etuate Sekona (“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 Third Amended Complaint, filed December 13, 2021, against defendants R. Perez, L. Munoz, C. Sims, and Maldonado (“Defendants”) for failure to protect Plaintiff in violation of the Eighth Amendment.1 (ECF No. 39.) On February 17, 2022, the Court found service of the Third Amended Complaint appropriate and directed e-service on all of the Defendants in this case. (ECF No. 44.)…