Grant

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 8 9 PATRICK GRANT, No. C 20-6562 WHA (PR) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS v.

OFFICER HARO; OFFICER

MENDEZ; SERGEANT P. GARCIA;

WARDEN M. BITER; E.J. BORLA;

C. BALLARD Defendants. / 16 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officials at Salinas Valley State Prison. Following initial review of the Complaint, plaintiff’s claims against defendants Correctional Officers Haro and Mendez, Sergeant P. Garcia, and E.J. Borla, for violating his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him from harm from another inmate were found cognizable. These defendants (hereinafter referred to as “defendants” unless otherwise specified) filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings under Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the grounds that the Complaint does not state a cognizable claim for relief. Plaintiff has…