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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD B. SPENCER, Case No. 1:20-cv-00909-JLT-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

GRANT DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT1 J. JASSO,

FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

Defendant. (Doc. No. 31) 16 This case was reassigned to the undersigned on July 3, 2025. (Doc. No. 62). Pending before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment filed on November 27, 2023. (Doc. No. 31, “MSJ”). Finding no material facts in dispute, the undersigned recommends that the district court grant Defendant’s MSJ on Plaintiff’s First and Fourteenth Amendment claims for the reasons set forth below. I. BACKGROUND A. Procedural History and Allegations in Operative Complaint On June 30, 2020, Plaintiff Edward Spencer initiated this action stemming from events that occurred while he was confined at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”)…