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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 STEVEN PAUL MOORE, Case No. 1:20-cv-01089-KES-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

GRANT DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

13 v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT1 14 NKIRUKA AKABIKE,

FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

15 Defendant. (Doc. No. 38) 16 17 Pending before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. (Doc. No. 38, 18 “MSJ”). For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned finds that no genuine dispute of 19 material fact exists as to whether Defendant acted with deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s 20 serious medical condition. Therefore, the Court recommends that Defendant’s MSJ be granted 21 I. BACKGROUND 22 A. Procedural History 23 Plaintiff Steven Paul Moore, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 24 on his Complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1). On December 13, 2022, this Court 25 issued a screening order for Plaintiff’s Complaint. (Doc. No. 13). As…