UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MICHAEL HANDY,
Case No. 20-cv-00305-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE v. TO AMEND; AND ADDRESSING PENDING MOTION
J. TAYLOR, et al.,
7 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, who is currently incarcerated at the Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), filed this pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. ' 1983 against PSBP officials stemming from an incident of alleged excessive use of force on April 18, 2019. Dkt. 1 at 3. Plaintiff names the following Defendants from PBSP: Correctional Officers J. Taylor, A Harris, J. Rice, and J. Rhodes; and Lieutenant J. Frisk. Id. at 2. Plaintiff seeks monetary damages. Id. at 3. The Court has granted his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and it denied his request for appointment of counsel. Dkt. 14. Plaintiff also seems to request to amend his complaint to add new claims. Dkt. 9 at 2. Venue is…