Thurl H. Light, II v. Officer D. Sotaso
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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, SCREENING ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S
SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
v. (Doc. No. 33) OFFICER D. SOTASO,
ORDER REFERRING CASE TO EARLY
Defendant. ADR MARCH 2, 2026 DEADLINE
17 Pending before the court is Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint filed on December 18, 2025. (Doc. No. 33). The following facts are set forth in the Second Amended Complaint, which are accepted as true at this stage of the proceedings. I. Allegations in Operative Complaint On May 2, 2024, Plaintiff was a pretrial detainee and placed in administrative segregation (“ad-seg”) housing at the Fresno County Jail. (Doc. No. 33 at 4). As a protective custody inmate housed in ad-seg, other inmates are not “allowed access” to Plaintiff. (Id. at 5). While returning to his assigned housing on the sixth floor from the rooftop yard, Defendant Sotaso “put Plaintiff 26 …