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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY FORD, No. 2:20-cv-02087-KJM-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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MATTHEW CASSOL, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant moves for summary judgment. ECF No. 47. For the reasons that follow, the motion must be denied. I. The Complaint In the operative (fourth amended) complaint, plaintiff alleges defendant, a correctional officer, transported him to an appointment outside of prison on October 15, 2019. ECF No. 22 at 2. Defendant allegedly placed plaintiff in a locked steel cage in a van without a seatbelt, then drove erratically, “at a high rate of speed,” and “making unsafe vehicle passes.” Id. As plaintiff describes it, during the drive, “there was a very loud impact sound which caused the van to go airborne which in turn thrusted me forward resulting in multiple head and…