Plaintiff filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging the use of excessive force by several police officers—two of which he has identified—during an arrest for trespassing. He states that during the attack he sustained multiple injuries, lost consciousness, and suffered a seizure due to blunt force trauma to the back of his head. He also alleges that because of the attack, he has developed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which has gone untreated, and has incurred other non-economic damages such as emotional distress. While Plaintiff maintains that there are medical and public records that can corroborate his claims, he has not been able to retrieve them. Plaintiff seeks a volunteer lawyer to represent him in his case. Trial is currently set for November 8, 2021, and a Settlement Conference has been set for October 27, 2021.
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