(PC) Ellis v. County of El Dorado

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PETER JON ELLIS, No. 2:19-cv-0518-EFB KJM P Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF EL DORADO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Peter Jon Ellis, an inmate in the El Dorado County Jail, alleges he was attacked after guards opened doors to other inmates’ cells. See ECF No. 16. He is now pursuing claims against those guards under 42 U.S.C. §1983. See id. The matter is before this court on the Magistrate Judge’s findings and recommendation to dismiss without leave to amend, ECF No. 18, to which Mr. Ellis objects, ECF No. 20. No defendants responded to the objections because none had been served with a copy, including of Mr. Ellis’s newly proposed amended complaint. Soon after this case began, Mr. Ellis consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge assigned to this case, who determined that the original complaint did not contain factual allegations showing that Ellis was entitled to relief. ECF No. 9 at 3–4. For…