Morales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAMON EDDIE MENDEZ, No. 2:22-cv-01084-KJM-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A. MORALES, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He filed this action on June 24, 2022. ECF No. 1. On November 3, 2022, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), the court determined that plaintiff’s complaint alleged potentially cognizable Eighth Amendment conditions of confinement claims against defendants Morales and Raphael, and a First Amendment retaliation claim against defendant Morales. ECF No. 5. All other claims were dismissed with leave to amend. Id. Plaintiff opted not to amend his complaint. ECF No. 8. Now before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment, both on procedural and substantive grounds. For the reasons that follow, the motion for summary judgment should be GRANTED. I. The Complaint Plaintiff is…