Kinross

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 KEIRON M. ELIAS, No. 2:17-cv-2106 WBS DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. KINROSS, et al., Defendants. 17 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff, an inmate the California Medical Facility, filed this suit alleging various claims under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”). His claims are based on the alleged confiscation of his bottled ink used for religious purposes and the resulting disciplinary proceedings against him for allegedly possessing tattoo paraphernalia. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 40) and the Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations (Docket No. 54) are now pending before the court. After the Magistrate Judge issued her Findings and Recommendations, the court appointed counsel for the limited purpose of opposing defendants’ summary judgment…