Catlin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, Case No. 2:23-cv-0210-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER; FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

DAVID CATLIN, et al.,

Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, brings this action alleging Eighth Amendment claims against defendants Kendall, Catlin, Simmons, Arnett, Rios, Katz, and Ericson. He also alleges that defendants Catlin and Kendall violated his rights under the Equal Protection Clause. Pending are plaintiff’s two motions for summary judgment, ECF Nos. 50 & 63, and motion for default judgment, ECF No. 57. All of these motions should be denied. I will order the Clerk of Court to assign a district judge to rule on these recommendations. The procedural history of this case is relevant. I issued an initial scheduling order in September 2023, indicating that discovery was to be completed by February 2024. ECF No. 23. After the case was scheduled, however, plaintiff moved to…