Hall

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 COLIN M. RANDOLPH, Case No. 1:20-cv-01434 JLT SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

HALL, et al., (Docs. 23, 36) Defendants.

Colin Randolph seeks to hold T. Hall and M. Isais, correctional officers at Kern Valley State Prison, liable for retaliation in violations of his civil rights arising under the First Amendment pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See generally Doc. 12.) Defendants moved for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, asserting:

21 (1) Plaintiff’s claim of retaliation fails because there is no evidence that Defendants had any knowledge of Plaintiff’s protected conduct, 22 thus neither Defendant could be said to have acted with retaliatory motive; (2) Defendants did not take or have the power to cause the 23 adverse actions of placing Plaintiff in Administrative Segregation housing; (3) Defendants’ actions…