(PC) Martinez v. Lawless et al, No. 1:2012cv01301 - Document 56 (E.D. Cal. 2016)

Court Description: ORDER ADOPTING 52 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN FULL and ORDER GRANTING 34 Defendants' Partial Motion for Summary Judgment signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 3/29/2016. (Jessen, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 1:12-cv-01301-LJO-SKO (PC) VICTOR HUGO MARTINEZ, 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS GRANTING DEFENDANTS' PARTIAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT LAWLESS, et al., 15 (Docs. 34, 52.) Defendants. 16 17 18 19 Plaintiff, Victor Hugo Martinez, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 20 21 22 23 On March 3, 2016, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations which were served on the parties and contained notice that objections were to be filed within fourteen days. Plaintiff filed objections repeating arguments/assertions which were addressed in the findings and recommendations to which Defendants responded. 24 25 26 27 28 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), the court has conducted a de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the court finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper analysis. /// 1 1 2 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. in full; 3 4 the Findings and Recommendations, filed on March 3, 2016 (Doc. 55), is adopted 2. Defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment, filed on April 6, 2015 (Doc. 34), is GRANTED; 5 a. 6 Plaintiff's claim of excessive force against Defendants Chamberlin and Molina is DISMISSED; 7 b. 8 Plaintiff's claim for failure-to-protect against Defendants Herrera and Morse is DISMISSED; 9 c. 10 this action proceeds forward only on Plaintiff’s claims of excessive force 11 against Defendants Herrera and Morse and for failure-to-protect against 12 Defendants Chamberlin and Molina. 13 14 3. the case is referred back to the Magistrate Judge for further pre-trial matters. IT IS SO ORDERED. 15 16 Dated: /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill March 29, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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