Walker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD CHARLES BERNIER, III; No. 1:18-cv-01131-NONE-SKO

NADEZHDA USTINENKOV,

12 Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO STRIKE AND DISMISS

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY

PATROLOFFICER MICHAEL (Doc. No. 45) WALKER, et al, Thirty (30) Day Deadline Defendants. 17 INTRODUCTION This case concerns events stemming from the arrest and detention of plaintiff Richard Bernier, III (“Bernier”) on or about the evening of November 7 and early morning of November 8, 2017. (See generally Doc. No. 42, Second Amended Complaint (SAC).) The operative SAC alleges federal causes of action arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Section 1983), namely, that Bernier was the victim of excessive use of force at the hands of several law enforcement officers that evening, resulting in serious injuries to Bernier; that Bernier was…