Praveen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SALVADOR LOPEZ, No. 2:21-cv-02380-DJC-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SINGH PRAVEEN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. This case proceeds on an Eighth Amendment claim against defendant Praveen, all other defendants and claims having been dismissed. ECF Nos. 7 & 17. Before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 32. Plaintiff has filed an opposition, and defendant has replied. ECF Nos. 40 & 41. For the reasons explained in this decision, the undersigned will recommend that defendant’s motion for summary judgment be granted. I. The Complaint Plaintiff alleges that, at all relevant times, defendant Praveen operated the canteen on the

1 Plaintiff has also filed a sur-reply and objections to evidence, which the court has reviewed but which are extraneous to the…