(PC) King v. Valley State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALTON KING, 1:20-cv-00024-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT DEFENDANTS’

vs. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR

FAILURE TO EXHAUST REMEDIES BE

VALLEY STATE PRISON, et al., GRANTED

Defendants. (ECF No. 22.)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN DAYS

22 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Alton King is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 26, 2019, fifteen plaintiffs, including Plaintiff Alton King, filed a Complaint commencing this action against Valley State Prison (VSP), et al., for subjecting them to adverse conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment by serving substandard food in Kosher meals at VSP. (ECF No. 2.) On January 7, 2020, the court issued an order severing the fifteen plaintiffs’ claims and opening new cases for…