(PC) Young v. Lee

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RONNIE G. YOUNG, No. 2:17-cv-02596-CKD P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND 14 LEE, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding pro se in this federal civil rights action filed 18 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently pending before the court is plaintiff’s second amended 19 complaint along with defendants’ motion to strike and motion to dismiss portions of this 20 complaint. Plaintiff has not filed any opposition to defendants’ motions. For the reasons 21 discussed below, the court finds service of the second amended complaint appropriate for 22 defendants Ledesma, Lee, and Martinez based on an Eighth Amendment excessive force claim 23 against plaintiff, alleged to have occurred on January 19, 2016. The court will strike defendants’ 24 motion to strike as unnecessary in light of recommendation to dismiss defendant Williams with 25 prejudice and the court’s prior ruling. 26 I. …