Hernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARRY LEE BROOKINS, ) Case No. 1:17-cv-01675-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) RECOMMENDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE

) M. HERNANDEZ, et al., GRANTED/DENIED ) Defendants. ) [ECF No. 70] ) )

Plaintiff Barry Lee Brookins is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, filed on April 20, 2020. (ECF No. 70.) I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND This action is proceeding against Defendants Officer M. Hernandez and E. Williams for cruel and unusual punishment. Defendants filed an answer to the complaint on December 19, 2018. After an unsuccessful settlement conference, the Court issued the discovery and scheduling order on March 6, 2019. (ECF No.…