(PC) Penn v. Warden of Kern Valley State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARLIN PENN, Case No. 1:18-cv-01482-KES-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING

v. DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

A. LUCAS, Docs. 99, 118 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on his second amended complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. 19. The matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On August 19, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to grant defendant A. Lucas’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. 99). Doc. 118. Plaintiff timely filed objections, Doc. 119, and defendant filed a response to plaintiff’s objections, Doc. 120. Plaintiff’s objections largely reiterate his position that defendant was required to forward all staff complaints to the hiring authority, regardless of their…