Kuppinger

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHON DEJON ALEXANDER, No. 2:19-CV-2073-WBS-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS P. KUPPINGER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court are: (1) Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 31, Plaintiff’s opposition, ECF No. 35, Defendants’ reply, ECF No 37, and Plaintiff’s response to Defendants’ reply, ECF No. 40; (2) Defendants’ motion to strike Plaintiff’s response to their reply brief, ECF No. 41, Plaintiff’s opposition, ECF Nos. 42, 44, and Defendants’ reply, ECF No. 43; and (3) Plaintiff’s motion for civil contempt, ECF No. 36, and Defendant’s opposition, ECF No. 39. For the reasons discussed below, the Court finds that, even upon giving consideration to Plaintiff’s improperly filed response to Defendants’ reply, (which Defendants ask be stricken), summary judgment in Defendants’ favor is…