McKeown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAYMOND MCCOWAN, No. 2:21-cv-0369-DAD-CKD P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS L. MCKEOWN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Raymond McCowan is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is before the court. (ECF No. 70.) The motion should be granted because plaintiff fails to raise a genuine issue of material fact for trial on any remaining excessive force or deliberate indifference claim. In light of this determination, and in the interests of judicial economy, the court need not address defendants’ remaining argument based on qualified immunity. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed the operative second amended complaint on May 23, 2022. (ECF No. 31.) After the court’s screening of the complaint required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), this case proceeded on his Eighth Amendment excessive force…