Edwards

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANNY CARDENAS, Jr., No. 2:19-CV-0691-TLN-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS B. S. EDWARDS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgement, ECF No. 75. Also before the Court are Defendants’ motion for terminating sanctions, ECF No. 71, based on Plaintiff’s failure to comply with a prior discovery order, as well as Defendants’ motion to strike, ECF No. 80, various portions of Plaintiff’s oppositions to their motion for summary judgment. For the reasons discussed below, the Court finds that, even considering the evidence to which Defendants object, summary judgment in Defendants’ favor is appropriate. For this reason, the Court also finds it unnecessary to address whether this action should be dismissed as an appropriate sanction for failure to comply with a…