Arredondo

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID FALLS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00441-CDB (PC)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

13 v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

14 A. ARREDONDO, (Doc. 51)

15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff David Falls is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 18 civil rights action. The action proceeds on an Eighth Amendment claim of excessive force against 19 Defendant A. Arredondo. (See Docs. 1 [complaint], 10 [screening order] & 24 [findings and 20 recommendations to dismiss certain claims and defendants].) The parties have voluntarily 21 consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge. (Doc. 58.) 22 On August 27, 2021, Defendant Arredondo filed a motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 23 51.) Plaintiff filed an opposition to the motion on February 24, 2022. (Doc. 65.) Defendant 24 replied on March 10, 2022. (Doc. 66.) 25 I. PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATIONS 26 Plaintiff alleges that on November 13, 2015, at approximately 10:35 a.m., a…