Dougherty

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TYLO JEROME FELIX, JR., Case No. 1:21-cv-01472-JLT-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S

LODGED AMENDED COMPLAINT

v. (Doc. 28) S. DOUGHERTY, et al.,

ORDER SEVERING CERTAIN CLAIMS

Defendants. AND DEFENDANTS AND DIRECTING

CLERK OF THE COURT TO OPEN NEW

ACTION

Plaintiff Tylo Jerome Felix, Jr., is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed his original complaint on October 1, 2021. (Doc. 1.) The Court issued its First Screening Order on February 3, 2023. (Doc. 16.) The Court found Plaintiff’s complaint stated excessive force claims against Defendants Cazores, Smotherman, Diaz, Velasquez and Arreazola in violation of the Eighth Amendment, but the remaining claims against any Defendant were not cognizable. (Id. at 9.) On May 9, 2023, Plaintiff timely filed a first amended complaint. (Doc. 21.) 27 …