Alcala

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT C. WILLIAMS, ) Case No. 1:17-cv-00916-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION v. ) FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

) GERARDO ALCALA, et al., [ECF No. 87] ) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Robert C. Williams is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Both parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1). (ECF No. 90.) Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, filed July 11, 2019. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND This action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s claim of excessive force under the Fourteenth Amendment against defendants Alcala and Garza.1 On December 15, 2017, Defendants filed an answer to the complaint. On December 21, 2017, the Court…