Ortiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MARCO ORTIZ, No. 2:20-cv-00217-JAM-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, a GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN municipal corporation, et PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR al., SUMMARY JUDGMENT Defendants. 16 17 I. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Marco Ortiz (“Plaintiff”) brings this Section 1983 excessive force action against San Joaquin County and San Joaquin Deputy Sheriffs Flores, Mendez, Rodriguez, and Downey (“Defendants”) following injuries he suffered while in Defendants’ custody. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Specifically, on July 16, 2019, Defendants booked Plaintiff at the San Joaquin County Jail after he was arrested for a dispute with his brother at their house. Id. ¶ 16. While Defendants were attempting to take Plaintiff’s photo as part of the booking process, Defendant Mendez used a pain 28 …