Carney

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FREDERICK RYDELL CARNEY, Case No. 18-cv-03644-WHO (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

L. CUEVAS, et al., Dkt. No. 17 Defendants.

12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Frederick Rydell Carney alleges in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit that his jailors at Salinas Valley State Prison violated his equal protection and First Amendment rights from January 2015 to October 2016 by refusing to release him to go to work. Defendants move for summary judgment and have presented supporting evidence. Carney has not filed an opposition, though the opposition filing deadline was extended by the Court on its own motion. (Dkt. No. 19.) Carney has not shown a genuine dispute of material fact that his equal protection or First Amendment rights were violated. His allegation that defendants allowed Hispanic but not African-American inmates to be released for work is speculative and not supported by any evidence. …