(PC) Stephenson v. County of Placer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM STEPHENSON, No. 2:20-cv-2227 DJC SCR P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS COUNTY OF PLACER, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a former jail detainee1 proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF Nos. 1, 35.) Presently before the court are the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment. (ECF Nos. 52, 54.) For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends that defendant’s motion be granted, and plaintiff’s motion be denied. BACKGROUND I. Relevant Procedural History Plaintiff proceeds on the first amended complaint filed on March 31, 2023, which asserts a single claim for relief under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.2

26 Plaintiff filed his complaint as an alleged civil detainee. However, defendants allege that plaintiff was arrested on a “fresh” criminal charge and was therefore at the times relevant to this…