Butts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE JUAREZ, No. 2:15-cv-1996 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CARMEN BUTTS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious pain and that they retaliated against him for filing prison appeals and for filing this suit. Before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, this court will recommend defendants’ motion be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff is incarcerated at the California Health Care Facility (“CHCF”). He complains of conduct that occurred there in 2014 and 2016-2017. This case is proceeding on claims in plaintiff’s fourth amended complaint against defendants Drs. Hlaing, Atienza, and Bhatia. (See ECF Nos. 74, 81, 92.) Plaintiff’s…