Perez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MATTHEW R. PEREZ, Case No. 18-cv-04856-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

E. MOORE, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 40 Defendants.

12 13 INTRODUCTION Matthew Perez, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is now before the court for consideration of the motion for summary judgment filed by defendants Franco, Moore, Peffley, and Salgado. Perez opposes the motion. For the reasons discussed below, summary judgment will be granted in the moving defendants’ favor. 20 BACKGROUND This action concerns prison officials’ efforts to obtain contraband that they saw Perez ingest during a visit with his girlfriend. The claims remaining for adjudication are that defendants Franco, Moore, Peffley, and Salgado (1) violated Perez’s Eighth Amendment right to be free from…