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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 TIMOTHY D. WILKINS, No. 2:18-cv-03163-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SCOTT KERNAN, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action that was removed from state court. This action is proceeding on an Eighth Amendment claim of deliberate indifference to plaintiff’s safety against defendants Nelson, Bayonetta, Winsauer, and Martin and a supplemental state law claim under the Bane Act against the same defendants. ECF No. 8 at 4 (screening order). Currently pending before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on the plaintiff’s failure to exhaust his administrative remedies. ECF No. 34. Plaintiff has filed an opposition along with 389 pages of exhibits in support thereof. ECF Nos. 37, 38. Defendants filed a reply rendering this matter fully briefed. ECF No. 39. For all the reasons described herein, the undersigned recommends that…