Burns

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAREEM J. HOWELL, Case No. 1:19-cv-00715-NONE-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

REGARDING DEFENDANTS’

v. EXHAUSTION-RELATED MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MR. J. BURNS, et al., (ECF No. 25) Defendants.

16 Kareem J. Howell (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ exhaustion-related motion for summary judgment, filed July 1, 2020. (ECF No. 25.) I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND This action is proceeding against Defendants Burnes, Babb, Tumacder, and Sexton for deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment, retaliation in violation of the First Amendment, and conspiracy; against Defendant Sanchez for deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment; and against Defendant Padrnos for retaliation in violation of the First 27 …