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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6

JAMES DAVID WILLIAMS,

7 Case No. 17-cv-03538-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, 8 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ v. MOTION FOR PARTIAL DISMISSAL 9 AND MOTION FOR SUMMARY SCOTT KERNAN, et al., JUDGMENT 10 Defendants. 11

12 I. INTRODUCTION 13 Plaintiff James David Williams, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Correctional 14 Training Facility (“CTF”), filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging his 15 rights were violated by CTF prison officials based on their involvement in Plaintiff’s unclothed 16 body search on June 29, 2016. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages. 17 Upon conducting an initial review of the complaint, the Court determined that, liberally 18 construed, Plaintiff’s allegations were sufficient to state cognizable claims for the violation of his 19 rights under the Eighth Amendment and issued service on the following named Defendants: 20 …