Perez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PAUL PHELPS, Case No. 1:22-cv-01406-ADA-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF v. DEFENDANT BETTIS PURSUANT TO RULE 4(M) OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF MANUEL PEREZ, et al., CIVIL PROCEDURE 13 Defendants. (ECF No. 19)

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.) I. DISCUSSION On May 9, 2023, the United States Marshal (USM) returned the summons…