Martin
Jonathan Kohut v. M. Martin, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JONATHAN KOHUT, Case No. 1:22-cv-00472-KES-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING IN PART FINDINGS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
v. Doc. 15 M. MARTIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Jonathan Kohut is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on his first amended complaint (“FAC”) filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. 13. The matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff alleges that, following his involvement in a fight in April 2021 at Pleasant Valley State Prison, he was charged with a rule violation and was found guilty following a disciplinary hearing in May 2021. Doc. 13 at 4–8. Plaintiff alleges various procedural violations from that disciplinary hearing, including that the hearing officer, defendant D. May, allegedly refused to allow witness testimony that plaintiff requested and failed to state a reason for the refusal. Id. at 10–11. …