(PC) Brown v. Reif

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RONNIE CHEROKEE BROWN, No. 2:18-cv-01088-KJM-CKD-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 C. REIF, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 18 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 15, 2018 the court screened plaintiff’s 19 complaint and found a cognizable claim for the excessive use of force against defendants Reif, 20 Overby, and Gomez and a failure to protect claim against defendant…