McCormick

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BENJAMIN RANDOLPH WOOD, No. 2:17-cv-00983-JAM-CKD P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS JACK MCCORMICK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on the complaint filed on May 7, 2017 alleging that two correctional officers at the Shasta County Jail used excessive force against plaintiff in violation of the Eighth Amendment. See ECF No. 11 (screening order). Currently pending before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 31. The motion has been fully briefed by the parties. See ECF Nos. 35, 36. For the reasons discussed below, the undersigned recommends granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the basis that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing this action.2 ///// 26 1 All of plaintiff’s filings dates are calculated using…