Jiminez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHAUNTAE TAYLOR, Case No. 1:19-cv-0068 JLT BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR JUDGMENT

ON THE PLEADINGS AND DISMISSING

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