Heslop

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEENAN WILKINS, No. 2:20-cv-01622 DJC SCR P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS S. HESLOP, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court is defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment. (ECF No. 51.) For the reasons described below, the undersigned recommends that defendants’ motion be granted except as to their request for summary adjudication of punitive damages. BACKGROUND I. Second Amended Complaint The case proceeds on plaintiff’s second amended complaint (“SAC”) filed on November 7, 2022. (ECF No. 20.) At all relevant times, plaintiff was an inmate at California Health Care Facility (“CHCF”). (Id. at 1.) Plaintiff alleges that defendant Heslop used excessive force on January 17, 2019, after removing plaintiff from his mental health group therapy session, and…