Gosai

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIMOTHY COONS, No. 2:20-cv-0929 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS GOSSAL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 6, 2021, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. At the same time, defendants provided contemporaneous notice to plaintiff (ECF No. 37-3) of the requirements for opposing a motion pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 957 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc), and Klingele v. Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 409, 411-12 (9th Cir. 1988). On January 12, 2022, plaintiff was ordered to file an opposition or a statement of non- opposition to the pending motion within thirty days. In that same order, plaintiff was advised of the requirements for filing an opposition to the pending motion and that failure to oppose such a motion…