Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUGENE RAYFORD, 1:19-cv-00225-AWI-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BE GRANTED

SHERMAN, et al., (ECF No. 44.)

Defendants. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

17 I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY Eugene Rayford (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint filed on January 11, 2021, against defendants Stu Sherman (Warden, California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison) and Richard Milam (Supervisor of Building Trades) (“Defendants”) for subjecting Plaintiff to adverse conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 24.) On December 13, 2021, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the…