Rucker

I. BACKGROUND

21 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis (“IFP”), filed this action on March 22 11, 2019, bringing claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against multiple Correctional 23 Officers in the Salinas Valley State Prison where Plaintiff was previously incarcerated.1 24 ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges Defendants violated his civil rights under the Eighth and 25 Fourteenth Amendments by pepper spraying him during a physical altercation with another 26 27 28 inmate, failing to protect him from the other inmate before the altercation broke out, and using excessive force afterwards including slamming Plaintiff into his wheelchair and choking and punching Plaintiff while forcibly removing him from the area. Id. at 2-6. Plaintiff also alleges that on the following day, another Correctional Officer used excessive force, including choking, to force Plaintiff into a transportation van. Id. at 7-8. Plaintiff further contends he faced retaliation for filing grievances against Defendants for use of excessive force, including a ten-day period of confinement and loss of television rights. Id. at 13. Finally, Plaintiff brings claims against various…