Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD MOTLEY, No. 2:24-cv-00002-DJC-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PATRICK COVELLO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case proceeds on plaintiff’s complaint alleging First Amendment, Eighth Amendment, and state law negligence claims based on an illness allegedly caused by unsanitary food service at the Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP). ECF Nos. 1, 7. Background And TRO Requests Complaint And TRO Relief Requested. Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that he became ill after eating a chicken dinner at the Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) on May 25, 2022. ECF No. 1 at 3. On May 27, 2022, he was taken to the hospital where he was diagnosed with enteritis. The complaint alleges that that plaintiff’s illness was caused by unsanitary conditions and food preparation at the MCSP “B”…