Quezada

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE MIGUEL QUEZADA, No. 1:20-cv-00959-DAD-SAB Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS, IN PART

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., (Doc. No. 20) Defendants.

17 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss filed by defendants on August 13, 2021. (Doc. No. 20.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, defendants’ motion was taken under submission on the papers. (Doc. No. 21.) For the reasons explained below, the court will grant the pending motion to dismiss, in part. BACKGROUND This civil rights action arises from an incident that allegedly occurred on June 26, 2019, in which plaintiff Jose Miguel Quezada, a former inmate of California Department of Corrections (“CDCR”) who was incarcerated at all relevant times at Kern Valley State Prison (“KVSP”), was allegedly beaten, kicked, and smashed on the…