Santoro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 JAMES S. BUSH, Case No. 1:20-cv-00015-JLT-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR v. ATTENDANCE OF INCARCERATED WITNESSES AT TRIAL

K. SANTORO ET AL.,

(ECF No. 104) Defendants. 14 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants Ibarra, Hernandez, and Ceja. (ECF No. 37). Plaintiff claims that Defendants used excessive force in violation of his Eighth Amendment 18 rights. According to Plaintiff, the three defendant correctional officers assaulted Plaintiff 19 outside his cell at North Kern State Prison on March 20, 2019. (ECF No. 104 at 1). Plaintiff 20 alleges that several prisoners housed in nearby cells had a clear view of the attack, including 21 Christopher Bautista and Anthony Ramirez. (Id. at 2). Trial is currently set for February 6, 22 2024. (ECF No. 83). Before the Court is timely filed and unopposed…