Thurl H. Light, II v. Officer D. Sotaso

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THURL H. LIGHT, II, Case No. 1:24-cv-01508-JLT-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER RECALLING DECEMBER 17, 2025

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

v. GRANT IN PART AND DENY IN PART

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

OFFICER D. SOTASO, (Doc. No. 29) Defendant.

ORDER FINDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION

TO DISMISS MOOT (Doc. No. 17) Plaintiff initiated this pro se civil rights action while a pretrial detainee in the Fresno County Jail. Plaintiff proceeds on his amended complaint filed on March 7, 2025 against Defendant D. Sotaso. (Doc. No. 12). On July 24, 2025, after service, Defendant Sotaso moved “to dismiss Plaintiff’s First Cause of Action for Violation of 8th Amendment Threat to Safety, Second Cause of Action for Violation of 8th Amendment Deliberate Indifference, and Third Cause of Action for Violation of 14th Amendment Failure to Protect because Plaintiff’s 24 …