Castro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARTIN MCLAUGHIN, No. 1:17-cv-01597-DAD-JLT (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT

J. CASTRO, et al., DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

Defendants. (Doc. No. 40) 16 Plaintiff Martin McLaughlin is a state prisoner appearing pro se in this civil rights actions pursuant to 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 February 4, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the grounds that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing suit as required be granted. (Doc. No. 40.) The assigned magistrate judge found that administrative remedies were available to plaintiff in the form of the CDCR administrative inmate grievance system, but that plaintiff did not raise…