Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KASEY F. HOFFMAN, No. 2:15-cv-1525 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS KEVIN JONES, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former county and current state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is the defendants’ motion for terminating and monetary sanctions. ECF No. 40. I. Procedural History This action proceeds on plaintiff’s first amended complaint against defendants Jones, Growdon, and the Lassen County Adult Detention Facility for violation of plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment rights. ECF No. 13 at 2-3. On March 15, 2018, defendants filed a motion to compel, alleging that plaintiff had failed to properly respond to interrogatories and requests for production. ECF No. 21-1 at 2-3. The motion was granted in pertinent part, and plaintiff was ordered to respond to all of defendants’ interrogatories and Requests for…