Baraona

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, No. 1:21-cv-01448-KES-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS DENYING

v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

BARAONA, et al., Docs. 71, 116 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on plaintiff’s second amended complaint, Doc. 83, against: (1) defendants Baraona, Burnitzki, Leos, Hernandez, and Diaz for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment; (2) defendant Leos for sexual assault in violation of the Eighth Amendment; and (3) defendants A. Ruiz, E. Ruiz, Meier, Gutierrez, Allison (Cronister), and T. Price for failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On February 21, 2025, the assigned magistrate judge…