Willox

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DIRK JA’ONG BOUIE, JR., No. 2:16-cv-0624 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS &

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R. WILLOX, et al., 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 are defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 29) and plaintiff’s motions to strike (ECF No. 34), to compel (ECF No. 54), and for extension of time (ECF No. 56). I. Procedural History This case proceeds on the first amended complaint. ECF No. 17. Prior to the close of discovery, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. ECF No. 29. Plaintiff opposes the motion (ECF No. 32) and moves to strike defendants’ reply (ECF No. 34). Although the deadline for merit-based summary-judgment motions was vacated pending resolution of defendants’ exhaustion…