Huerta
(PC) Cortinas v. Huerta
United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaMarch 20, 20201:17-cv-00130California389 words
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LARRY WILLIAM CORTINAS, 1:17-cv-00130-AWI-GSA-PC
Plaintiff, ORDER WITHDRAWING FINDINGS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS ENTERED
vs. ON JULY 24, 2019, DUE TO PARTIES’
POST-FINDINGS-AND-
M. HUERTA, et al., RECOMMENDATIONS ARGUMENTS
Defendants. (ECF No. 62.)
16 Larry William Cortinas (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action now proceeds with Plaintiff’s original Complaint, filed on January 30, 2017, against Correctional Officers J. Scalia and M. Huerta (“Defendants”) for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) On July 24, 2019, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that the undisputed facts show that Plaintiff’s claims are barred under the favorable termination doctrine in Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). (ECF No. 51.) On November…