Cowan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MASA NATHANIEL WARDEN, No. 2:19-cv-00431 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS B.COWAN; W. WILLIAMS; and N.

WEAVER,

15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff moves for reconsideration (ECF No. 181) of the court’s prior grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Corporal Will Willaims (ECF No. 56), in light of King v. Villegas, 156 F.4th 979 (9th Cir. 2025). The parties appeared before the undersigned for oral argument on December 10, 2025. ECF No. 191. Having thoroughly considered the parties’ arguments and the relevant caselaw, the undersigned recommends that the motion for reconsideration be GRANTED, that ECF Nos. 52 and 56 be vacated, and that plaintiff be permitted to file a Fourth Amended Complaint re-asserting claims against Williams. I. Factual Background This case involves an incident that took place in Redding, California on July 23, 2018. Plaintiff Masa Warden injected himself with drugs…