Perez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PAUL PHELPS, Case No. 1:22-cv-01406-ADA-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT BETTIS SHOULD NOT BE v. DISMISSED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 4(M) MANUEL PEREZ, et al., (ECF No. 18) Defendants.

15 Plaintiff Paul Phelps is 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 excessive force claim against Defendants Townsend and Bettis in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, supervisory liability claim against Defendant Manuel Perez in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and Monell liability claim against the County of Madera in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. (ECF No. 14.) On May 9, 2023, the United States Marshal (USM) returned the summons unexecuted as to Defendant Bettis, noting that the Litigation Coordinator at Valley State…