Pittsley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 MICHAEL WITKIN, No. 2:22-cv-1211 WBS CSK P Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:

CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY

PITTSLEY, JUDGMENT Defendant. 17 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff Michael Witkin is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant M. Pittsley is a correctional lieutenant at the California Medical Facility, who served as the senior hearing officer in a disciplinary hearing at which plaintiff was found guilty of disobeying an officer’s order to follow COVID-19 protection policies during visiting hours. As part of his disciplinary decision, Lt. Pittsley assessed a sixty-day suspension on plaintiff’s recreational yard privileges. 28 Plaintiff argues that such action violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution to be free from cruel…