(PC) Gleason v. Lee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 THOMAS LEE GLEASON, Case No. 2:19-cv-00621-WBS-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

v. JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS BE

DENIED

M. VOONG, et al., ECF No. 51 Defendants.

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

DAYS 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He claims that Johnson violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to procedural due process and that both Johnson and Lee retaliated against him in violation of his First Amendment rights. Defendants have moved for judgment on the pleadings, addressing only the retaliation claims and arguing that plaintiff did not exhaust his administrative remedies as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1997, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Because plaintiff

22 1 Previously, the court screened the case and determined that plaintiff had not alleged…