Linde

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YASMIN SUNDERMEYER, No. 2:20-cv-2372 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BRITTANY N. LINDE, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former county inmate proceeding through counsel with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that defendants used excessive force against her in violation of her rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. Presently before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 13) and plaintiff’s statement of non- opposition to the motion (ECF No. 15). For the reasons set forth below, the court will recommend that the motion be granted. LEGAL STANDARDS I. Summary Judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 Summary judgment is appropriate when the moving party “shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P.…