Beard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLTON V. MOSLEY, No. 2:16-cv-0486 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JEFFREY BEARD, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Defendants have moved for summary judgment. See ECF No. 33. For the reasons stated below, the undersigned will recommend that the motion be granted. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The case proceeds on claims that CSP-SAC mental health clinician Blaikie and correctional officer Jones used excessive force against plaintiff in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights, and that CSP-SAC Warden Macomber failed to train prison staff to handle mentally ill inmates without resorting to force. ECF Nos. 26 (screening order); 24 (second amended complaint). Plaintiff alleges that on April…