Tyson
(PC) Cantrell v. Tyson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONNIE LUCKY CANTRELL, No. 2:19-CV-1192-TLN-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS S. TYSON, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court are Defendants’ motion for summary judgement, ECF No. 35, Plaintiff’s opposition, ECF No. 39, and Defendants’ reply, ECF No. 40. 20 I. PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff, currently an inmate at California Men’s Colony (CMC) brings suit against S. Tyson, a correctional officer at the Sierra Conservation Center (SCC),. ECF No. 1, pgs. 2; 4-6. Plaintiff does not name a location where the events giving rise to the complaint took place, but the allegations suggest the location was SCC. ECF No. 35-2, pg. 2. Plaintiff claims Defendant Tyson violated Plaintiff’s “Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment in the form of deprivation of…