Matharu

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GLENN O’CONNOR, No. 2:19-CV-2368-DJC-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MATHARU, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion, ECF No. 24, for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c). Defendants have filed a request for judicial notice in support of their motion, ECF No. 24-1. Plaintiff has filed an opposition, ECF No. 28. Defendants have filed a reply, ECF No. 29. Motions under Rule 12(c) are similar to motions under Rule 12(b) in that judgment on the pleadings is appropriate if “. . . it is clear that no relief could be granted under any set of facts that could be proven consistent with the allegations.” McGlinchy v. Shell Chemical Co., 845 F.2d 802, 810 (9th Cir. 1988). Rather than testing whether the factual allegations state…