(PC) Hepner v. County of Tulare

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 ROGER HEPNER, Case No. 1:18-cv-00774-DAD-EPG (PC) 9 Plaintiff,

v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING THAT CROSS-

COUNTY OF TULARE, et al., DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS BE

GRANTED, WITH LIMITED LEAVE TO

Defendants. AMEND __________________________________ (ECF No. 33) NICHOLAS O’NEAL,

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

Cross-Claimant, FOURTEEN DAYS

v.

18 COUNTY OF TULARE, et al., 19 Cross-Defendants. 20 21 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Roger Hepner filed this civil rights action, which includes state law claims, on June 6, 2018. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff’s claims stem from the alleged use of force by defendant Nicholas O’Neal, who was a correctional deputy at the Tulare County pretrial detention facility when Plaintiff was a pretrial detainee there. On July 26, 2021, Cross-Claimant O’Neal (“Cross-Claimant”) filed an answer and cross-claims against Cross-Defendants County of \\\ Tulare, Tulare County Sheriff, and…