Matevousian

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MELVIN HODGES, Case No. 1:18-cv-00790-AWI-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

v. (ECF Nos. 17 & 26) ANDRE MATEVOUSIAN, et al.,

Defendants.

15 Melvin Hodges (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action. The matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. This case is pled as a Bivens matter and is proceeding “on Plaintiff’s claims for unconstitutional conditions of confinement against defendants Matevousian, Cassity, and Hurte.” See Doc. No. 6. Specifically, Plaintiff complains that the lights are no longer turned off at night at the Atwater federal prison and, as a result, Plaintiff is suffering from sleep deprivation. See Doc. No. 1. On April 12, 2019, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss. See Doc. No. 17. On October 29, 2019, the magistrate judge entered findings …