Zavala

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON SMITH,

Case No. 21-cv-03426 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT; REFERRING CASE TO

SETTLEMENT PROCEEDINGS;

STAYING CASE; INSTRUCTIONS

M. ZAVALA, et al.,

TO CLERK

Defendants. (Docket Nos. 15, 27)

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials at the Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”). Dkt No. 1. The Court found the complaint stated cognizable claims: (1) for excessive force under the Eighth Amendment against Defendant Correctional Officer M. Zavala; and (2) for retaliation under the First Amendment against Defendants Zavala, Lt. J. Reed, and Acting Chief Deputy Warden K. Mensing. Dkt No. 4. Plaintiff filed his notice to strike his remaining, non-cognizable…