(PC) James v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD EUGENE JAMES, Case No. 2:21-cv-0713-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER JOSEPH THEBEAU, Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, brought this action under § 1983, alleging that defendant Thebeau, an officer with the Sacramento Police Department, violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights by declining to let him use the restroom during an extradition flight from Dallas to Sacramento. Defendant has moved for summary judgment, ECF No. 92, plaintiff has filed an opposition, ECF No. 95, and defendant has filed a reply, ECF No. 99. For the reasons stated below, defendant’s motion will be granted, and judgment entered in his favor. I necessarily deny plaintiff’s motions to postpone ruling on the motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 96, and for a preliminary injunction, ECF No. 97. Legal Standards Summary judgment is appropriate where there is “no genuine dispute as to any material 28 fact…