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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN BAGENT,

Plaintiff,

v.

RICHARD PIERCE, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:06-cv-01842-LJO-SMS PC

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, AND GRANTING

DEFENDANTS MIMS AND JOHNSON’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

(Docs. 54 and 75)

Plaintiff John Bagent, a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on December 20, 2006. This action is proceeding on

Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, filed May 15, 2007, against Defendants Mims, Johnson, and

Transcor America, LLC. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

On July1, 2010, the Magistrate Judge filed a Findings andRecommendationsrecommending

Defendants Mims and Johnson’s Motion for Summary Judgment be granted. After obtaining an

extension of time, Plaintiff filed timely a timely Objection on August 3, 2010, and Defendants

Mimms and Johnson filed a Response on August 10, 2010. Local Rule 304(a),(d). 

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.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Findings and Recommendations, filed July 1, 2010, is adopted in full; and 

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2. Defendants Mims and Johnson’s Motion for Summary Judgment, filed February 5,

2010, is GRANTED based on qualified immunity.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 11, 2010 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Remaining Defendant Transcor America, LLC’s Motion for Summary Judgment is under submission.

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Judgment for Defendants Mims and Johnson will be entered at the conclusion of this action in its entirety. Fed. R.

Civ. P. 54(b).

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