Linde

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VONTELL WESSON, No. 2:19-cv-1880 KJM DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BURT A. LINDE, Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a federal inmate1 proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that defendant used excessive force against him during his 2019 arrest. By order dated August 19, 2022, Chief District Judge Mueller referred this action back to the undersigned for further consideration and analysis of defendant’s qualified immunity defense. (ECF No. 41.) The additional consideration of defendant’s qualified immunity defense is set forth below. //// ////

1 The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator website found at: https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ indicates that petitioner has been transferred from FCI Phoenix, his address of record, to USP 26 Atwater. This court may take judicial notice of such information. See Louis v. McCormick & Schmick Restaurant Corp., 460…