Peterson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRED FELEKI MARTINEZ, Case No. 2:21-cv-1779-DAD-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PETERSON, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, brought this action under section 1983 alleging that defendant Peterson, a correctional officer, violated his Eighth Amendment rights by ignoring his claims that he was suicidal. Defendant has moved for summary judgment, ECF No. 75, and plaintiff has filed an opposition, ECF No. 99. For the reasons below, defendant’s motion should be granted and judgment entered in his favor. Legal Standards Summary judgment is appropriate where there is “no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a); Washington Mutual Inc. v. United States, 636 F.3d 1207, 1216 (9th Cir. 2011). An issue of fact is genuine only if there is sufficient evidence for a reasonable fact finder to find…