Janam

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, No. 2: 19-cv-00670 MCE KJN P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

J. JANAM, et al.,

15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. 19 (ECF No. 52.) For the reasons stated herein, the undersigned recommends that defendants’ 20 summary judgment motion be denied. 21 Legal Standards for Summary Judgment 22 Summary judgment is appropriate when it is demonstrated that the standard set forth in 23 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 is met. “The court shall grant summary judgment if the 24 movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to 25 judgment as a matter of law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). 26 Under summary judgment practice, the moving party always bears the initial responsibility of informing the district court of the basis for its motion, and identifying those portions of “the pleadings,…