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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDRE RAMON CRAVER, No. 2:20-cv-01714 WBS DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS T. TRAN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is before the court. (ECF No. 43.) For the reasons set forth, the undersigned recommends the motion be granted in part and denied in part. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff proceeds against defendant T. Tran on a retaliation claim under the First Amendment and a medical deliberate indifference claim under the Eighth Amendment. (See ECF No. 22.) Plaintiff alleges defendant denied him pain medication on March 8, 2020, and then falsely accused him of disrespecting staff in retaliation for plaintiff’s statement of intent to file a grievance. (See generally ECF No. 14, First Amended Complaint.) On July 22, 2022, defendant filed a motion for…