Mendoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERLINDO RODRIGUEZ JR., Case No. 1:21-cv-0410 JLT BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT, AND DIRECTING THE

MENDOZA, et al., CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE THE CASE

Defendants. (Docs. 44, 56) 16 Erlindo Rodriguez, Jr. asserts that the defendants, correctional officers at Kern Valley State Prison, violated his civil rights arising under the Eighth Amendment. This action proceeds against Mendoza for failure to protect and excessive force and against Campbell1 for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (See Docs. 1, 16.) Defendants seek summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc. 44.) For the reasons set forth below, the magistrate judge’s Findings and Recommendations (Doc. 46) are adopted in full, and the motion is GRANTED. I. Findings and Recommendations As an initial…