Rhodes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KAVIN MAURICE RHODES, Case No. 20-cv-03128-PJH

Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.

D. FORD, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds with a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that defendants failed to protect him and retaliated against him for his protected conduct. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment on administrative exhaustion grounds. Plaintiff filed an opposition and defendants filed a reply. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Background The court ordered service on the following claims and defendants: 1. On December 13, 2019, defendant Ford stated that he received an email from defendant litigation coordinator Reynolds that he should not make any more legal copies for plaintiff because of prison regulations and that Reynolds wanted plaintiff to dismiss his federal habeas petition. 2. On December 26, 2019, defendants Ford and Buckhorn sought to have plaintiff …