Swarthout

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH HILL, No. 2:15-cv-2012 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER and GARY SWARTHOUT, et al., FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 32. I. Procedural History Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint on March 6, 2017. ECF No. 12. The court screened the complaint, finding that plaintiff had stated cognizable equal protection claims against defendants Alcaraz, Mejorado, Sandy, Cappel, and Swarthout. ECF No. 16 at 2-3. Plaintiff was also found to have stated a due process claim against defendant Sandy and deliberate indifference claims against defendants Sandy, Cappel, and Swarthout. Id. at 3-5. Defendants 26 Since plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se, he is afforded the benefit of the prison mailbox rule. …