Scott Faulkner v. County of Riverside

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EASTERN DIVISION SCOTT FAULKNER, ) Case No. 5:24-cv-01250-ODW-JDE ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS v. ) AND RECOMMENDATION OF ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, et al., ) UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE ) JUDGE ) Defendants. ) ) Under 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the records on file, including the operative Second Amended Complaint filed by Scott Faulkner (“Plaintiff”) (Dkt. 12, “SAC”), the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (Dkt. 14, “Report”), and the Objections to the Report filed by Plaintiff on May 5, 2025 (Dkt. 15, “Objections” or “Obj.”). Further, the Court has engaged in a de novo review of those portions of the Report to which objections have been made. Among other recommended findings, the Report recommends that the Fourteenth Amendment claim against Lt. Hatfield, Cpt. Rodriguez, and Sgt. Dominguez be dismissed with…