Montoya

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES BOWELL, 1:17-cv-00605-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANTS’

vs. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BE GRANTED ON THE BASIS OF CLAIM

F. MONTOYA, et al., PRECLUSION Defendants. ( ECF No. 90.)

O FOB UJE RC TT EI EO NN (S 1, 4 I )F D A AN YY S, DUE WITHIN

18 I. BACKGROUND James Bowell (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, filed on May 3, 2018, against defendants Correctional Counselors F. Montoya and D. Carter for violation of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, and against defendants Correctional Officers R. Killmer and S. Lopez for conspiracy to place Plaintiff at risk of serious harm and failure to protect Plaintiff under the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 16.)1 27 …