Navarro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ANTONIO MARTINEZ, 1:19-cv-00378-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT

vs. DEFENDANTS CRUZ AND MARES’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

NAVARRO, et al., BE GRANTED (ECF No. 39.) Defendants.

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

18 I. BACKGROUND Jose Antonio Martinez (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s original Complaint, filed on March 22, 2019, against defendants Correctional Officer (C/O) E. Mares, Sergeant M. Navarro, C/O Cruz, and C/O Navarro for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) On August 6, 2021, Defendants Cruz and Mares (“Defendants”) filed a motion for summary judgment based on Plaintiff’s failure to exhaust administrative…