Troth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOVIE DEWDROP LEEN, No. 2:20-cv-02039 DJC DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER M. TROTH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendants used excessive force against him in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. Presently before the court is defendants’ motion to strike plaintiff’s unauthorized sur-reply. (ECF No. 34.) For the reasons set forth below, the court will deny the motion to strike and grant defendants leave to file a response to plaintiff’s unauthorized sur-reply. BACKGROUND Plaintiff initiated this action by filing the original complaint. (ECF No. 1.) Upon screening, the undersigned determined the complaint contained a potentially cognizable excessive force claim against defendants, stemming from an incident that occurred on July 18, 2020. (ECF No. 15.) Defendants then…