Lebeck

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEITH CANDLER, No. 2:17-cv-02436-DJC-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER

J. LEBECK, et al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff Keith Candler is a state inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. This case previously proceeded to a jury trial on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims against Defendants J. Lebeck and A. Huynh. After deliberation, the jury found for Defendants. Plaintiff has now filed a Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50. (Mot. (ECF No. 142).) For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff’s motion is denied. I. Background By this stage of the proceedings, the parties are all familiar with the facts and history of this case. In short, Plaintiff alleged that Defendants had failed to properly decontaminate him following his exposure to pepper spray. Plaintiff sued Defendants 27 1 Plaintiff states that his Motion is made pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of Rule 50. …