Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONNELL BLEDSOE, No. 2:18-cv-2710 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND SGT. MARTINEZ, et al., FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff is a former county jail inmate, proceeding pro se. Defendant’s motions to strike and for summary judgment are before the court. As set forth below, defendant’s motion to strike is denied, and it is recommended that defendant’s motion for summary judgment be granted in part and denied in part. II. Operative Pleading This action proceeds on plaintiff’s unverified second amended complaint, in which he alleges: On April 19, 2019, [plaintiff] filed a grievance against Sergeant Martinez . . . for planting evidence on [plaintiff] . . . causing plaintiff

Although plaintiff identified the San Joaquin County Jail as a defendant, plaintiff included no charging allegations as to the jail. (ECF No. 12 at 1 n.1; see also ECF No. 24 (this…