Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ESMELING BAHENA, Case No. 1:20-cv-01685-AWI-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

RODRIGUEZ, et al., (ECF No. 36)

Defendants.

16 Esmeling Bahena (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner, 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 Defendants’ exhaustion-related motion for summary judgment, filed December 14, 2021. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This action is proceeding against Defendant Harmon for excessive force and against Defendants Farlon, Rodriguez, Stan and Hernandez for failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Defendants filed an answer to the complaint on August 10, 2021. (ECF No. 21.) On August 11, 2021, the Court set this case for a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Barbara…