Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTOINE L. ARDDS, Case No. 1:18-cv-01324-JLT-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT HICKS, et al., (ECF No. 92) Defendants. FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff Antoine L. Ardds (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s second amended complaint against Defendants Hicks, Amaya, Alcantar, McIntyre, Baylon, and Sanchez (“Defendants”) for failure to protect Plaintiff from an alleged assault by Inmate Hall on November 9, 2017, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. This case has a long procedural history, which the Court will not fully repeat here. Relevant to the instant motion, Defendants previously filed a motion for summary judgment based on Plaintiff’s failure to exhaust administrative…