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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANNY CAESAR, Case No. 1:13-cv-01726-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT LOPEZ, et al. (ECF No. 82) Defendants. FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE 16 I. Background Plaintiff Danny Caesar is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case proceeds on Plaintiff’s second amended complaint against Defendants Patel, Lopez, and Kongara for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment, and against Defendant Patel for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. On September 11, 2018, Defendants Kongara, Lopez, and Patel filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that Defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter of law because there are no genuine issues of material fact, and Defendants are entitled…