Baker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM ALLEN GARRETT, No. 2:16-cv-1336 KJM AC P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS JEFF MACOMBER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 111), which plaintiff opposes (ECF No. 120). For the reasons set forth below, this court recommends that defendants’ motion for summary judgment be granted. I. Procedural History On September 11, 2018, the undersigned screened plaintiff’s complaint and found that plaintiff stated claims against defendants Masterson and Baker for violating his Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process and equal protection. ECF No. 12 at 12. The court dismissed with leave to amend his Eighth Amendment claims and his claims against defendants Macomber and Cleveland. Id. Plaintiff chose to proceed…