Baptiste

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KENNETH E. BAPTISTE, Case No. 19-cv-06551-HSG Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

B.MARTINEZ, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 25 Defendants. 11 INTRODUCTION This is a federal civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a pro se state prisoner. Plaintiff, an inmate at California Training Facility – Central (CTF), alleges that defendants have improperly refused to reinstate his single cell status despite his mental health concerns. Dkt. No. 10 at 3. For the reasons discussed below, the Court grants defendants’ motion for summary judgment. FACTUAL BACKGROUND This suit arises from plaintiff being denied single cell status at CTF. Plaintiff contends that Defendants Martinez, De Antoni, Wynn, and Howlin violated his Eighth Amendment rights when they refused to reinstate and/or recommend him for single cell status, despite his history of mental illness and…