Doss

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH ANTHONY STAFFORD, No. 2:16-CV-1403-JAM-DMC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DOSS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 67. The matter was submitted on the papers without oral argument. 20 I. BACKGROUND A. Procedural History The Court screened Plaintiff’s original complaint and found it stated a claim for relief against Defendant Lopez but not against the other named defendants. See ECF No. 14. The Court summarized Plaintiff’s original allegations as follows:

. . .Plaintiff claims that he filed a sexual misconduct charge against a staff member in November 2015, after which he began to experience retaliation from other correctional officers. Plaintiff states that defendants “participated in…