Ledford

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SCOTT LEDFORD, No. 2:15-cv-02381-TLN-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court on Defendants Chengjie Wei (“Wei”), Nagabhushana Malakkla (“Malakkla”), and Barbara Woodard’s (“Woodward”) (collectively, “Defendants”) Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 44.) Plaintiff Scott Ledford (“Plaintiff”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 45.) Defendants filed a reply. (ECF No. 48.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ motion. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND As a preliminary matter, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of his claims against Malakkla and Woodward the same day he filed his opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 46.) The Court struck Plaintiff’s notice of voluntary dismissal as being procedurally…