(PC) Young v. Lee

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