Benavidez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELI’EZER RE’UEL BEN-BINYAMIN, Case No. 2:18-cv-01015-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE GRANTED

AND PLAINTIFF’S CROSS MOTION FOR

C. RAMIREZ, et al., SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE DENIED Defendants. OBJECTIONS DUE IN 14 DAYS ECF Nos. 64 & 73 17 18 Plaintiff, a state prisoner without counsel, alleges that defendants violated his First Amendment right to practice his religion freely. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 64, and plaintiff has filed a cross motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 73. I recommend that defendants’ motion be granted and plaintiff’s denied. 23 24 25 26 27 28 I. Legal Standards A. Summary Judgment Standard Summary judgment is appropriate where there is “no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of…