Flores

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHAUN DARNELL GARLAND, Case No. 2:20-cv-01061-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

C. FLORES,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff Shaun Garland alleges that defendant Flores engaged in retaliation by shortening and recording plaintiff’s visit with his mother at California Health Care Facility. Defendant moves for summary judgment, arguing that plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. I recommend granting defendant’s motion. Background According to plaintiff’s third amended complaint, his mother visited him at California Health Care Facility (“CHCF”) on June 3, 2018. ECF No. 16 at 10. Plaintiff alleges that Flores, an officer at California State Prison-Los Angeles (“CSP-LA”), ordered officers at CHCF to shorten and record that visit in retaliation for a lawsuit plaintiff filed against the California Peace Officer Association in 2011. Id. 28 Plaintiff filed numerous grievances…