Cota v. Atkinson

2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 * * * 6 MICHAEL COTA, Case No. 3:21-cv-00432-MMD-CLB 7 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 8 KELLY ATKINSON, 9 Defendant. 10 11 I. SUMMARY 12 Pro se Plaintiff Michael Cota, who is incarcerated at Ely State Prison (“ESP”), brings 13 this action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

against Defendant Kelly Atkinson, and has filed an 14 application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1-1 (“Complaint”), 4 (“IFP 15 Application”).) Before the Court is a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of United States 16 Magistrate Carla L. Baldwin (ECF No. 5), recommending the Court…