Young

INTRODUCTION

13 Plaintiff, who is currently in custody at the West County Detention Facility, has filed a pro 14 se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his original complaint, plaintiff named the 15 following police officials from the Antioch Police Department as defendants: Sgt. Stenger; and 16 Detectives Inabnett, Mellone, and Bledsoe. Plaintiff sought monetary and punitive damages. 17 According to the allegations in the original complaint, defendants used excessive force against 18 plaintiff when he was being interrogated on October 29, 2020. See Dkt. 1 at 2-5. Plaintiff 19 claimed that during the interrogation, he refused when officers requested to put a mask on him in 20 order for them to “take a photograph of [him] in the mask.” Id. at 4-5. Plaintiff claims that 21 defendants used excessive force against him when they forced him to wear the mask. Id. at 2-5. 22 In an Order dated April 7, 2022, the court screened the complaint (dkt. 1), and determined 23 that it stated a cognizable Fourth Amendment claim against the named defendants. See Dkt. 8 at 24 25 1 Page number citations refer to those assigned by the court’s electronic case management …