Enlers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JULIAN RODRIGUEZ, No. 2:20-cv-2399-JAM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS R. ENLERS, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant has filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds of failure to exhaust administrative remedies. ECF No. 28. For the reasons that follow, the motion must be granted. I. Background Plaintiff filed this case on December 3, 2020 and filed the operative amended complaint on March 1, 2021. ECF Nos. 1, 16. He alleges that defendant Enlers retaliated against him in violation of the First Amendment on June 9, 2020, and again on August 14, 2020, by filing false Rules Violation Reports against plaintiff for having a sharp object in his cell. (Plaintiff contended to prison officials that the sharp object was simply paint that was peeling from a shelf due to age.) He also alleges that…