Spearman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODNEY V. COLEMAN, No. 2:19-cv-00369 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND M.E. SPEARMAN, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s complaint against defendant Hartwick on an Eighth Amendment excessive force claim. ECF No. 8 (screening order). Currently before the court are plaintiff’s motion to compel and defendant’s motion for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 39, 49. The motions have been fully briefed by the parties. For the reasons that follow, the court denies plaintiff’s motion to compel and recommends that defendant’s motion for summary judgment be granted. I. Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel On October 2, 2022, plaintiff filed a motion to compel defendant to produce the edited and unedited video tapes from the program office at HDSP where…