Shaffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MORRIS LEE LOVE, JR., No. 1:21-cv-01380-ADA-GSA (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND

SHAFFER, et al., ORDERING DEFENDANT TO RESPOND

WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS

Defendants. (ECF No. 20) 16 Plaintiff Morris Lee Love, Jr. is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On May 17, 2023, the Magistrate Judge screened the complaint and determined that Plaintiff had stated cognizable claims of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment against Defendants Shaffer and Van-ness. (ECF No. 19 at 13.) After determining that Plaintiff had failed to state any other cognizable claims, the Magistrate Judge ordered Plaintiff either to notify the Court of his intent to proceed on only the cognizable…