(PC)Seymour

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AARON D. SEYMOUR, Case No. 1:22-cv-00938-JLT-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANT

v. DEGOUGH’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE

DEFAULT BE GRANTED AND

H. SHIRLEY, et al., PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR DEFAULT

JUDGMENT BE DENIED

Defendants. (ECF Nos. 28 & 30)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

17 Aaron D. Seymour (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action. This case is proceeding on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment conditions of confinement claims against defendants Shirley, DeGough, and Cronjager (“Defendants”). (ECF No. 9). Plaintiff alleges that the water at Wasco State Prison is contaminated, and that Defendants have not appropriately responded to the issue. (ECF No. 1). On February 27, 2023, at Plaintiff’s request (ECF No. 24) and on the Court’s direction (ECF No. 25), the Clerk entered default…