Leach

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIMOTHY COONS, Jr., No. 2:19-cv-1497-TLN-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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LEACH, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Now pending is defendant Leach’s (“defendant”) motion for summary judgment wherein he argues that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before filing this suit. ECF No. 29. Plaintiff has filed an opposition to the motion - though he styles it as his own motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 31. Defendant has filed a reply. ECF No. 36. After review of the pleadings and, for the reasons discussed below, the court concludes that defendant’s motion should be granted. Legal Standards A. Summary Judgment Summary judgment is appropriate when there is “no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a…