(PC) Mitchell v. Gonzales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN EDWARD PLAINTIFF, No. 1:23-cv-00062-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. AND DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

ENTER JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF

C. GONZALES, et al., DEFENDANTS Defendants. (ECF No. 47) 16 Plaintiff John Edward Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Both parties consented to United States Magistrate Judge jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1). (ECF No. 25.) Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, filed November 15, 2024. (ECF No. 47.) I. BACKGROUND This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s First Amendment expression-of-speech claim against Defendants correctional counselors Gonzales and Leyva. Defendants filed an answer to the operative complaint on November 29, 2023. (ECF No. 32.)…