Moreno
(PC) Puckett v. Moreno
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, Case No. 2:22-cv-0650-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER D. MORENO, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff brings this case alleging that defendants Moreno, Haynes, Smith, and Williams violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to extract him from a cell that he had set afire. ECF No. 54 at 3. Pending are plaintiff’s: motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 64; motions to appoint counsel, ECF Nos. 65 & 66; motion for sanctions, ECF No. 68; motion for reconsideration and default judgment, ECF No. 69; and two motions for default judgment, ECF Nos. 72 & 74. These motions are, for the reasons that follow, denied. I will also set a schedule for a potential settlement conference and for filing of dispositive motions. I. Motion for Summary Judgment Plaintiff has filed a four-page motion for summary judgment that is little more than a restatement of the claims in his complaint. ECF No. 64. …