Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHILIP JAMES ROGERS, Case No. 1:18-cv-00846-JLT-BAK (HBK) (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

GRANT DEFENDANT RODRIGUEZ’S

v.

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

YURIDIAN RODRIGUEZ, (EXHAUSTION) AND TO DISMISS ACTION

Defendant. (Doc. No. 61)

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

17 18 Plaintiff Paul Nivard Beaton, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1.) This action proceeds on an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim against Defendant Yuridian Rodriguez (“Defendant Rodriguez” or “Defendant”), a cook at Kern Valley State Prison. (Doc. Nos. 19, 43.) On August 4, 2021, Defendant Rodriguez filed a motion for summary judgment based on a failure to exhaust administrative remedies. (Doc. No. 61.) Plaintiff filed a response in opposition, to which Defendant filed reply. (Doc. Nos. 67, 68.) For the reasons set forth below,…