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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES HAMPTON, No. 2:13-cv-0923 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TIM VIRGA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendant retaliated against him and interfered with his access to the courts. Presently before the court is defendant’s fully briefed motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below the court will recommend that defendant’s motion be granted. BACKGROUND I. Relevant Procedural History Plaintiff initiated this action with the filing of the original complaint on April 26, 2013.1 (ECF No. 1.) The previously assigned magistrate judge screened and dismissed the original

1 Under the prison mailbox rule, a document is deemed served or filed on the date a prisoner signs the document and gives it to prison…