Hamman
(PC) Porter v. Hamman
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN LAMAR PORTER, Case No. 1:23-cv-01468 JLT SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING
v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER
VIVIAN HAMMAN, et al. (Docs. 34, 35) Defendants. 16 Kevin Lama Porter seeks to hold Vivian Hamman liable for violations of Plaintiff’s civil rights arising under the First Amendment and California’s Bane Act while he was an inmate at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility. He alleges Defendant intentionally interfered with his First Amendment right to file a grievance by issuing a false report charging him with masturbating. (Docs. 1, 8.) Plaintiff seeks a temporary restraining order directed toward California Medical Facility, where he is currently housed. (Doc. 34.) Plaintiff asserts that he was assaulted by staff, “forced into a cell with feces all over the floor” due to a faulty drain and is being involuntarily medicated 25 …