(PC) Penn v. Warden of Kern Valley State Prison

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARLIN PENN, Case No. 1:18-cv-01482-AWI-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

GRANT DEFENDANTS’ EXHAUSTION-

13 v. BASED MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

14 A. LUCAS, Appeals Coordinator; M. HERNANDEZ, Correctional Counselor, FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD 15 II.; CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Warden KVSP; (Doc. No. 54) 16 Defendants. 17 18 Pending before the Court is the exhaustion-based motion for summary judgment filed on 19 behalf of Defendants Hernandez and Pfeiffer. (Doc. No. 54, “MSJ”). Plaintiff filed a response in 20 opposition. (Doc. No. 64-65). Defendants filed a Reply. (Doc. No. 69). For the reasons below, 21 the undersigned recommends the district court grant Defendants’ MSJ. 22 BACKGROUND 23 A. Summary of Plaintiff’s Operative Complaint 24 Plaintiff Marlin Penn is a prisoner proceeding pro se on his second amended complaint 25 filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 stemming from…