(PC) Gradford v. Stanislaus Public Safety Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, 1:17-cv-01248-DAD-GSA-PC

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, Plaintiff, RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANT FLORES’S MOTION TO DISMISS BE vs. GRANTED (ECF No. 54.)

STANISLAUS PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER,

et al., OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE IN

FOURTEEN (14) DAYS

Defendants.

18 I. BACKGROUND William J. Gradford (“Plaintiff”) is a former jail inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 18, 2017, Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action. (ECF No. 1.) This action now proceeds with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint filed on August 22, 2018, against defendant Sergeant Flores1 (“Defendant”) for use of excessive force against Plaintiff in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 15.)2 26 1 Sued as…