Moody v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Ronnie L. MOODY, et al., Case No.: 18-cv-1110-WQH-AGS Plaintiffs, REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

TO GRANT IN PART AND DENY IN

v.

PART DEFENDANTS’ SUMMARY-

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUDGMENT MOTION (ECF 56)

CORRECTIONS AND

14 REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants. 16 Four inmates claim that prison guards attacked them. They sued prison officials for excessive force and other claims. Although defendants do not challenge the excessive-force claims, they move for summary judgment on some ancillary causes of action. BACKGROUND On July 17, 2017, Ronnie Moody, Gary Deans, Billy Williams, and Donnel Jones were inmates at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility when a physical altercation erupted between Moody and a counselor that soon became a melee. (ECF 48, at 6.) As a result, Moody, Deans, Williams, and Jones were injured. (Id. at 7, 9-11.) After the incident, plaintiffs filed prison grievances…