Jiminez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SHAUNTAE TAYLOR, Case No. 1:19-cv-0068 JLT BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS GRANTING

13 v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT

ON THE PLEADINGS AND DISMISSING

14 JIMINEZ, et al., THE EXCESSIVE FORCE CLAIM 15 Defendants. (Docs. 45, 72, 76) 16 17 Shauntae Taylor is a state prisoner proceeding in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendants 19 Jimenez, Rodriguez, Huckleberry, Rye, and Hernandez for excessive force and deliberate 20 indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (Docs. 11, 27, 29.) Defendants seek 21 judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on 22 Plaintiff’s claim for excessive force, asserting the Court should find the claim is barred by the 23 favorable termination rule. (Doc. 45 at 3-5.) 24 The magistrate judge observed that Plaintiff…