Shearer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEON HAWKINS, No. 2:19-cv-02295-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER A. SHEARER, et al., Defendants. 16 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. The parties consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge. On March 27, 2023 a jury trial commenced in this excessive force case. The court granted the Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law as to defendants Sharp and Deitchman because there was no evidence upon which a reasonable jury could have found in favor of plaintiff. See ECF No. 100 (minutes); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a). On March 29, 2023, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the only remaining defendant. ECF No. 107. The Clerk of Court entered judgment on April 7, 2023. ECF No. 110. On April 6, 2023, plaintiff constructively filed his notice of appeal. ECF No. 111. Currently…