Pruitt

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MALCOLM TANDY LAMON STROUD, Case No. 1:17-cv-01659-JLT-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DENY DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

13 v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT RE: EXHAUSTION

14 PRUITT, et al., (ECF No. 29) 15 Defendants. FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE 16 17 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION 18 I. Background 19 Plaintiff Malcolm Tandy Lamon Stroud, aka Treasure Stroud, (“Plaintiff”) is a state 20 prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 21 § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendant Pruitt for 22 sexual abuse in violation of the Eighth Amendment and against Defendants Pruitt and Smith for 23 discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 24 On December 9, 2019, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground 25 that Plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies as required by…