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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN M. NIETO, Case No. 1:20-cv-00291-JLT-CDB (PC) Plaintiff, v.

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO GRANT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

WARDEN GORDON, et al., FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Defendants. (Doc. 47)

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

16 Plaintiff John M. Nieto, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants York, Diaz-Navarro, Marchese, James, Gonzalez, Rivero, Vera, Baeza, and Vargas have filed a motion for summary judgment (Doc. 52), to which Plaintiff filed no opposition despite two orders of the Court directing Plaintiff to file a response (Docs. 56, 60. For the following reasons, the Court recommends that summary judgment be granted in Defendants’ favor. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY This matter proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint (“FAC”) on the following claims: (1) an Eighth Amendment excessive force claim against Correctional Officers (“COs”) York,…