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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

LARRY WILLIAM CORTINAS, 

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

M. HUERTA, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:17-cv-00130-AWI-GSA-PC

 

ORDER WITHDRAWING FINDINGS 

AND RECOMMENDATIONS ENTERED 

ON JULY 24, 2019, DUE TO PARTIES’ 

POST-FINDINGS-ANDRECOMMENDATIONS ARGUMENTS 

(ECF No. 62.)

Larry William Cortinas (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action now 

proceeds with Plaintiff’s original Complaint, filed on January 30, 2017, against Correctional 

Officers J. Scalia and M. Huerta (“Defendants”) for use of excessive force in violation of the 

Eighth Amendment.1 (ECF No. 1.) 

On July 24, 2019, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that 

the undisputed facts show that Plaintiff’s claims are barred under the favorable termination 

doctrine in Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). (ECF No. 51.) On November 21, 2019, 

 

1 On September 13, 2017, the court issued an order for this case to proceed only against defendants 

Scalia and Huerta for use of excessive force and against defendant Scalia for retaliation. (ECF No. 11.) On August 

20, 2018, the court dismissed Plaintiff’s retaliation claim against defendant Scalia based on Plaintiff’s failure to 

exhaust administrative remedies. (ECF No. 37.)

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the court entered findings and recommendations, recommending that Defendants’ motion for 

summary judgment be denied. (ECF No. 62.) On December 5, 2019, Defendants filed objections 

to the findings and recommendations. (ECF No. 63.) On February 18, 2020, Plaintiff filed a 

“Declaration of New Facts Which Moot the Heck Bar Question.” (ECF No. 64.) On March 3, 

2020, Defendants filed a response to Plaintiff’s declaration. (ECF No. 65.) 

In light of the parties’ post-findings-and-recommendations arguments, the court shall 

withdraw its findings and recommendations of November 21. 2019, and enter new findings and 

recommendations in due course.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the court’s findings and recommendations, 

entered on July 24, 2019, are WITHDRAWN.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2020 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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