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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE LORENZO MORALES, Case No. 1:17-cv-01673-AWI-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

R. TORRES, et al., (Docs. 54, 67) Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Jose Lorenzo Morales is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §1983. This matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On July 3, 2019, the defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that Plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit. (Doc. 54.) Plaintiff filed an opposition on November 19, 2019 (Doc. 65), to which Defendants filed a reply (Doc. 66). On December 27, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to grant Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 67.) The magistrate judge found…