Santoro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN LEON JOYCE, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01253-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. ) REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KELLY SANTORO, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 46) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Steven Leon Joyce is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Defendants’ exhaustion motion for summary judgment, filed December 17, 2021. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND This action is proceeding Defendants Lozano, Garcia, Dodson, Valdez, Felix, A. Flores, Chanelo, and Tapia for retaliation, and separate excessive force claims against Defendants J. Florez and Tapia. Defendants filed an answer to the complaint on July 1, 2021. The Court issued the discovery and scheduling order on September 17,…