Stiles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL No. 2:19-cv-1218 DAD AC PS INDUSTRIES, a California General Partnership, Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 v. 14 SHARIDAN STILES, an individual, 15 Defendant.

Defendant is proceeding in this action pro se and the case was accordingly referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21). Plaintiff American International Industries (“AI”) moves for summary judgment in its favor on the following claims raised in its First Amended Complaint (ECF No. 10) and in defendant Sharidan Stiles’ (“Stiles”) Answer and Counterclaims thereto (ECF No. 30): (1) AI’s First Cause of Action for Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement regarding Stiles’ Patent No. 9,707,689 (the “689 Patent”); and (2) Stiles’ Count I for Willful Infringement of the 689 Patent. ECF No. 81. Defendant failed to oppose the motion. See ECF No. 84. Having carefully considered plaintiff’s motion on the merits1, for the

26 A district court may not grant a motion for summary…