Medina

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WESLEY COTTON, ) Case No.: 1: 22-cv-0568 JLT EPG (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING v. ) DEFENDANT MEDINA’S MOTION FOR ) SUMMARY JUDGMENT REGARDING S. MEDINA, et al., ) EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ) REMEDIES Defendants. ) ) (Docs. 38, 66) )

Wesley Cotton asserts the defendants violated his rights while he was incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison. Plaintiff seeks to hold Medina liable for failure to protect him under the Eighth Amendment. (Doc. 1 at 3-5; see also Doc. 15 at 2.) Medina seeks summary judgment on the claim raised against her, asserting that Plaintiff did not exhaust his administrative remedies. (Doc. 38.) The magistrate judge observed Medina stated in her answer to the complaint: “there is an administrative grievance process available to Plaintiff and admits that Plaintiff exhausted those 23 …