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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AUBREY LEE BROTHERS, II, Case No. 1:17-cv-00607-NONE-HBK Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

GRANT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT1 CHITA BUENAFE, N. RAMIREZ, OBJECTIONS DUE IN THIRTY DAYS Defendants. (Doc. No. 63) 16 17 Pending before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment with declarations and exhibits in support. (Doc. Nos. 63, 63-3 to 63-7). Plaintiff filed an opposition (Doc. No. 76) and defendants filed a reply (Doc. No. 78). This matter ripe for review on the record before the court. For the reasons stated below, the court recommends that the district court grant defendants’ motion. I. BACKGROUND a. Procedural Posture Plaintiff Aubrey Lee Brothers, II, a state prisoner, initiated this action on May 1, 2017 by filing a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants Chita Buenafe 27 1 The undersigned submits these factual…