Allenby

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD S. KINDRED, Case No. 1:14-cv-01652-AWI-JDP

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT COURT GRANT DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

CLIFF ALLENBY, et al., OBJECTIONS DUE IN 14 DAYS

Defendants. ECF No. 120 14 Plaintiff Richard S. Kindred is a civil detainee proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Kindred alleges that defendants Kenneth Bell and Marisa Bigot, both employees at the California Department of State Hospitals Coalinga facility (“Coalinga”), denied him materials needed for practicing his Native American religion in violation of the First Amendment. See ECF No. 15 at 7-9. On December 6, 2018, Bell and Bigot moved for summary judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, arguing that Kindred lacks standing, that Kindred cannot demonstrate that a First Amendment violation occurred, that the defendants caused no injury, and that defendants are entitled to…