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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHNNY G. BRIONES,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

PLEASANT VALLEY STATE PRISON, 

et al.,

 Defendants.

1:14-cv-00750-LJO-EPG-PC

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS

(ECF No. 40.)

ORDER FOR THIS ACTION TO 

PROCEED ONLY AGAINST 

DEFENDANTS MOORE, HENDRICKS, 

HAND, AND COLE ON PLAINTIFF=S 

EXCESSIVE FORCE CLAIMS, AND 

DISMISSING ALL OTHER CLAIMS AND 

DEFENDANTS

Johnny G. Briones (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. This case now proceeds on the Second Amended 

Complaint filed by Plaintiff on February 13, 2015. (ECF No. 31.) 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 May 9, 2016, the Court entered Findings and Recommendations, recommending that 

this action proceed only against defendants Correctional Officers R. Moore, C. Hendricks, R. 

Hand, and C. Cole, on Plaintiff=s excessive force claims, and that all other claims and 

defendants be dismissed from this action based on Plaintiff=s failure to state a claim. (ECF No. 

40.) Plaintiff was provided an opportunity to file objections to the Findings and 

Recommendations within twenty days. To date, Plaintiff has not filed objections or otherwise 

responded to the Findings and Recommendations.

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In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 304, this 

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 proper 

analysis. 

Accordingly, THE COURT HEREBY ORDERS that:

1. The Findings and Recommendations issued by the Magistrate Judge on May 9, 

2016, are ADOPTED in full;

2. This action now proceeds on Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint, filed on 

February 13, 2015, against Correctional Officers R. Moore, C. Hendricks, R. 

Hand, and C. Cole, for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth 

Amendment;

3. All remaining claims and defendants are DISMISSED from this action;

4. Plaintiff’s claims for supervisory liability, inadequate medical care, failure to 

protect, Fourteenth Amendment liberty interests, and conspiracy are

DISMISSED from this action based on Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim;

5. Defendants Warden Scott Frauenheim and the Doe Defendants are DISMISSED 

from this action based on Plaintiff's failure to state any claims upon which relief 

may be granted against them; and

6. The Clerk is DIRECTED to reflect the dismissal of all defendants from this 

action on the Court's docket, except defendants Moore, Hendricks, Hand, and 

Cole.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 8, 2016 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____ 

UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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