Gipson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN MATIAS TORRES, CASE NO. 1:16-cv-1525-NONE-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO DECLARE DEFENDANTS’

v. DECLARATIONS SHAMS; AND

CONNIE GIPSON, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

GRANT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT Defendants. (Docs. 99, 105)

FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding on a First Amendment retaliation claim against defendants B. Babineaux-Prince, T. Galaviz, C. Henderson, A. Mayo, J.C. Smith, and D. Weaver. Plaintiff alleges that, in retaliation for his filing of an inmate grievance, the defendants, who were members of an Institutional Classification Committee that was held in December 2013, approved plaintiff for a transfer to another institution. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing, first, that there is no genuine dispute of…