Warren

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN HARDNEY, Case No. 2:16-cv-00172-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER R. WARREN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff John Hardney is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He proceeds on a first amended complaint wherein he alleges that defendant Brazil used excessive force against him and that defendant Kumeh was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by not providing medical treatment after witnessing other staff use force against him. Pending before me is plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend his pleading. ECF No. 154. Defendants oppose the motion. ECF No. 160. As explained below, I will deny plaintiff’s motion. Background Plaintiff initiated this case in January 2016. ECF No. 1. Following a dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, ECF No. 7, plaintiff filed a first amended complaint in April 2017. ECF 27 …