(PC) James v. County of Sacramento
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD EUGENE JAMES, Case No. 2:22-cv-02193-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
v. COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., Defendants. 16 17 18 19 20 Plaintiff brings this section 1983 case against Sacramento County and several of its employees for violations of his Fourteenth Amendment rights. He alleges that defendants Saucedo, Little, and an unnamed sheriff’s deputy used excessive force against him. ECF No. 35 at 5-6. He also alleges that, after the use of force incident, defendants Lynette, Kuzmenko, Alana, and Babu denied him adequate medical care. Id. at 12-13. These claims are suitable to proceed.
1 Plaintiff’s claims, insofar as he appears to be a pre-trial detainee, proceed under the Fourteenth rather than the Eighth Amendment. See Castro v. Cty. of Los Angeles, 833 F.3d 1060, 1067-68 (9th Cir. 2016). Plaintiff’s ancillary claims against the other named defendants, detailed below, should be dismissed. I…