(PC) Ellis v. Kern County Sheriff Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES ELLIS, SR., No. 1:22cv-01209-JLT-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION
REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO
v. DISMISS KERN COUNTY SHERIFF (ECF No. 21) DEPARTMENT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendant County of Kern’s motion to dismiss, filed April 13, 2023. (ECF No. 21.) I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND This action is proceeding on Plaintiff’s excessive force claims in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment against Defendants Escandon and County of Kern. As stated above, Defendant County of Kern filed the instant motion to dismiss on April 13, 2023. (ECF No. 21.) Plaintiff filed an opposition on June 26, 2023, and Defendant filed a reply on July 3, 2023. (ECF Nos. 28, 29.) Plaintiff filed a…