Medina

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11 WESLEY COTTON, ) Case No.: 1: 22-cv-0568 JLT EPG (PC) ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING 13 v. ) DEFENDANT MEDINA’S MOTION FOR ) SUMMARY JUDGMENT REGARDING 14 S. MEDINA, et al., ) EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ) REMEDIES 15 Defendants. ) ) (Docs. 38, 66) 16 )

17 Wesley Cotton asserts the defendants violated his rights while he was incarcerated at Corcoran 18 State Prison. Plaintiff seeks to hold Medina liable for failure to protect him under the Eighth 19 Amendment. (Doc. 1 at 3-5; see also Doc. 15 at 2.) Medina seeks summary judgment on the claim 20 raised against her, asserting that Plaintiff did not exhaust his administrative remedies.1 (Doc. 38.) 21 The magistrate judge observed Medina stated in her answer to the complaint: “there is an 22 administrative grievance process available to Plaintiff and admits that Plaintiff exhausted those 23 …