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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TYLO JEROME FELIX, JR., Case No. 1:21-cv-01472-JLT-SKO (PC)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S

LODGED AMENDED COMPLAINT

13 v. (Doc. 28) 14 S. DOUGHERTY, et al.,

ORDER SEVERING CERTAIN CLAIMS

15 Defendants. AND DEFENDANTS AND DIRECTING

CLERK OF THE COURT TO OPEN NEW

16 ACTION

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18 Plaintiff Tylo Jerome Felix, Jr., is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights 19 action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 I. BACKGROUND 21 Plaintiff filed his original complaint on October 1, 2021. (Doc. 1.) The Court issued its 22 First Screening Order on February 3, 2023. (Doc. 16.) The Court found Plaintiff’s complaint 23 stated excessive force claims against Defendants Cazores, Smotherman, Diaz, Velasquez and 24 Arreazola in violation of the Eighth Amendment, but the remaining claims against any Defendant 25 were not cognizable. (Id. at 9.) On May 9, 2023, Plaintiff timely filed a first amended complaint. 26 (Doc. 21.) 27 …