Gipson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEENAN WILKINS, No. 2:19-cv-01469-JAM-CKD P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONNIE GIPSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently pending before the court is defendants’ partial motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ECF No. 54. Defendants’ motion is limited to the claims against defendants Gipson and Diaz. ECF No. 54. The motion has been fully briefed by the parties. ECF Nos. 55-58. For the reasons explained herein, the court recommends granting defendants’ motion in part and denying it, in part. I. Factual and Procedural History Plaintiff is a mentally ill state prisoner who has historically obtained recommendations to be single celled. The instant lawsuit was initiated once his single cell status…