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6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SALVADOR VENEGAS, Case No. 1:21-cv-00962-NODJ-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, 11 RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANTS’ v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE 12 GRANTED, IN PART, AND DENIED, IN

E. MENDOZA, et al., PART, AND FURTHER RECOMMENDING

13 THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR Defendants. SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE DENIED 14 (ECF Nos. 79, 81, 84).

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OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

16 THIRTY DAYS 17 18 Plaintiff Salvador Venegas is a state inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 19 this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 This case proceeds on the following claims: Eighth Amendment excessive force against 21 Defendants Mendoza, Grimsley, Cornejo, Navarro, Layshot, and Mattingly; First Amendment 22 retaliation against Defendants Mendoza, Grimsley, Cornejo, Navarro, and Robert Gonzalez; 23 Fourteenth Amendment procedural due…