Pierce

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NICHOLAS PATRICK, No. 2:17-cv-1205 KJM CKD P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS PIERCE, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 39) which plaintiff opposes (ECF No. 48). I. Procedural History On June 8, 2017, plaintiff filed the complaint asserting various claims against defendants Pierce, Crozier, Sanchez, Quick, Hernandez, Kaplain, Huizar, Altshuler, Perez, and Chudy. (ECF No. 1.) The court screened the complaint and found that it stated claims for excessive force against Huizar and for excessive force and deliberate indifference against Sanchez, while all other claims and defendants were dismissed with leave to amend. (ECF No. 12 at 15.) Plaintiff was given the option to proceed on the complaint as screened or to amend (id.)…