Ortega

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 LANCE WILLIAMS, Case No.: 18cv547-LAB-MDD

Plaintiff,

REPORT AND

v. RECOMMENDATION GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR O. ORTEGA, et al.,

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Defendants. [ECF No. 82] 16 This Report and Recommendation is submitted to United States District Judge Larry A. Burns pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Civil Rule 72.1(c) of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court RECOMMENDS Defendants’ motion for summary judgment be GRANTED. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Lance Williams (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed the operative Amended Complaint on December 11, 2019. (ECF No. 39, hereinafter “AC”). Plaintiff alleges that: (1) Defendant Ortega used excessive Bowman…