(PC)Maea

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERNEST MAEA, Case No. 1:22-cv-00362-KES-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING IN PART FINDINGS

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v. Docs. 42, 62 CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Ernest Maea is a state prisoner proceeding with counsel on his First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. 8. 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 29, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to grant in part and deny in part defendants’ exhaustion-based motion for summary judgment. Doc. 62. The magistrate judge found that plaintiff failed to exhaust three of the grievances he submitted, but that plaintiff exhausted the administrative remedies that were available to him as to grievance log no. 71069. Id. Specifically, the magistrate judge found that plaintiff did not exhaust administrative remedies as…