Gamboa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 Case No. 1:17-CV-00302-LJO-EPG (PC) JESSE WASHINGTON,

FINDINGS AND

Plaintiff, RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE DENIED

H. GAMBOA and R. ROQUE, (ECF NO. 44) Defendants.

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

15 Plaintiff, Jesse Washington, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 16 with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action now proceeds on 17 Plaintiff’s initial complaint (the “Complaint”), filed March 3, 2017, on a claim for retaliation in 18 violation of the First Amendment against defendants H. Gamboa and R. Roque. (See ECF Nos. 19 1, 11, 13, 36, 38.) 20 On January 10, 2019, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment.1 (ECF No. 44.) 21 On February 4, 2019, Plaintiff filed his opposition to the motion. (ECF No. 45.) On February 22 12, 2019, Defendants filed a reply to Plaintiff’s opposition (ECF No. 46) and lodged a copy of 23…