Leahy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL KING, No. 1:23-cv-00823-KES-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE

GRANTED

J. LEAHY, (ECF No. 38) Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendant Leahy’s motion for summary judgment, filed January 7, 2025. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This action is proceeding against Defendant Leahy for failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Defendant filed an answer to the complaint on December 12, 2023. (ECF No. 25.) The discovery and scheduling order was issued on January 4, 2024. (ECF No. 29.) On January 7, 2025, Defendant filed the instant motion for summary judgment. (ECF

1 Concurrently with the motion for summary…