Bobadilla

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTOINE L. ARDDS ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00887-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. ) RECOMMENDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE GRANTED

) BOBADILLA, et.al., ) (ECF No. 28) Defendants. ) ) ) Plaintiff Antoine L. Ardds is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ exhaustion-related motion for summary judgment, filed on May 7, 2021. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND This action is proceeding against Defendants Bobadilla and Alcocer for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On October 13, 2020, Defendants filed an answer to the complaint. (ECF No. 14.) After an unsuccessful settlement conference, the Court issued the discovery and scheduling order on January 28, 2021. …