DUBLIN — A Tracy man has agreed to an eight-year prison term for beating a fellow Santa Rita Jail inmate so badly that the victim’s eye fell out , court records show.

Michael Angel Rodriguez, 50, pleaded no contest to assault with a deadly weapon in a plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors, court records show. The prosecution dropped a felony mayhem charge against him, and a judge has set his sentencing date for Nov. 5.

While Rodriguez remains in jail for now, he may not be there long. The agreement states Rodriguez shall receive credit for the nearly six years he has spend in jail while the case is pending, and can reduce his sentence by 20 percent with good behavior, giving him only a few months left behind bars, according to court records.

In 2019, Rodriguez beat a man inside a

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