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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

DANA MCMASTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:10-cv-01407-AWI-SKO (PC)

ORDER ADOPTING SUPPLEMETNAL 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, 

AND GRANTING DEFENDANTS GARCIA 

AND CARLSON’S MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY ADJUDICATION ON EIGHTH 

AMENDMENT CLAIM 

(Docs. 65 and 116)

Plaintiff Dana McMaster, a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on August 6, 2010. This action is 

currently proceeding on Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, filed January 3, 2013, against 

Defendants Carlson, Garcia, Sedwick, Espitia, and Pease for failing to protect him, in violation of 

the Eighth Amendment, and against Defendant Carlson for retaliation, in violation of the First 

Amendment. The events giving rise to Plaintiff’s claims allegedly occurred between March 7, 

2009, and April 20, 2009, at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, California.

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 November 23, 2015, the Magistrate Judge filed a 

Supplemental Findings and Recommendations, which was served on the parties and contained 

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notice to the parties that any objections were to be filed within twenty days.1 No objections were 

filed. Local Rule 304(b). 

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 Supplemental Findings and Recommendations, filed on November 23, 2015, is 

adopted in full; and

2. Defendants Garcia and Carlson’s Motion for Summary Adjudication on the Eighth 

Amendment claim against them is GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 23, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

 

1 On November 13, 2014, Defendant Garcia and Carlson’s Motion for Summary Adjudication on the Eighth 

Amendment claim against them was continued pending completion of further discovery. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(d). 

(Docs. 97, 101.) 

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