Heath

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, No. 2:22-cv-0476-DJC-CKD-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

HEATH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without an attorney in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently pending before the court are plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint, motion to compel, motion for summary judgment, and motion for default judgment. ECF Nos. 57-58, 62, 64. Defendants have filed an opposition to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 67. The court addresses each of these pending motions in turn. I. Factual and Procedural History This case is proceeding on the second amended complaint raising the following claims: 1) an Eighth Amendment excessive force claim against defendants Heath, Williams, Gorsi, Marfil, Dunlap, Easton, Martinez, and Lockwood; 2) an Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim against defendant…