Howard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRYAN D. PATTERSON, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00751-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMNET

MAURICE HOWARD, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 31) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Bryan D. Patterson is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendant’s motion for summary judgment, filed May 18, 2021. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This action is proceeding against Defendant Howard for violation of Plaintiff’s right to a religious diet. On January 8, 2021, Defendant filed an answer to the complaint. (ECF No. 22.) On January 11, 2021, the Court set this case for settlement conference and stayed the action for a period of 80 days. (ECF No. 23.) /// /// On…