Kernan

INTRODUCTION

17 Plaintiffs Mario Williams and John Hunter are California prisoners who jointly filed this pro 18 se civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that defendants Scott Kernan, Ron Davis, Y. 19 Samara, R. Broomfield, T. Boerum, and N. Walker, violated their constitutional rights at San 20 Quentin State Prison (“SQSP”). The First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) is the operative complaint. 21 Defendants filed a combined motion to dismiss for failure to state a cognizable claim for relief and 22 for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ due process and equal protections claims. The motion was 23 granted. Additional claims by Williams under the First and Eighth Amendments remained, and 24 defendants now move for summary judgment on those claims. Williams filed an opposition, and 25 defendants filed a reply brief. For the reasons discussed below, defendants’ motion for summary 26 judgment is GRANTED. 27 // 28 STATEMENT Between January and March 2018, plaintiffs resided in an area of SQSP’s Facility B known as “the dorms.” On January 5, 2018, prison officials integrated “sensitive-needs” inmates into the prison’s general…