Mayes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERROL LOVELL UNDERWOOD, No. 2:22-cv-0694 DAD DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ROBERT MAYES, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendant injected him with the COVID-19 vaccine without his consent. Before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, this court will recommend defendant’s motion be granted. BACKGROUND This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s claim in his complaint filed here on April 20, 2022 against defendant Robert Mayes. Plaintiff alleges that in August 2021, defendant, a physician at California State Prison-Solano, gave him an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine without plaintiff’s consent or knowledge. On January 29, 2024, defendant moved for summary judgment. (ECF No. 44.) Defendant argues that the…