(PC) Solis v. Gonzales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT O. SOLIS, Case No. 1:18-cv-00015-NONE-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO GRANT DEFENDANT’S MOTION

v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

R. GONZALES, (Doc. 38)

Defendant. 21-DAY DEADLINE

16 Before the Court is Defendant’s motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 38.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court recommends that Defendant’s motion be granted. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On September 21, 2018, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and found that it states cognizable claims under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), based on Defendant’s alleged confiscation of Plaintiff’s religious “rosette.” (Doc. 10.) The Court also found that Plaintiff states a cognizable retaliation claim. (Id.) Plaintiff elected to proceed only on the claims found cognizable by the…