Tamayo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON SMITH,

Case No. 19-00537 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT; REFERRING CASE

A. TAMAYO, et al., TO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDINGS;

STAYING CASE; INSTRUCTIONS

Defendants. TO CLERK (Docket No. 16)

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner at the Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”), filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against CTF prison officials and the Chief of the Office of Appeals in Sacramento. Dkt. No. 1. Finding the complaint stated cognizable claims, the Court ordered service upon Defendants. Dkt. No. 4. Defendants M. Voong, M. Atchley, Y. Friedman, and A. Tamayo filed a motion for summary judgment based on various grounds, including failure to exhaust administrative remedies, on the…