Herrera

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA S. HERRERA,

Case No. 20-cv-02035 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT FOR FAILURE TO v. EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES; SETTING BRIEFING

SCHEDULE ON REMAINING

J. ORTEGA, et al., CLAIMS

Defendants. (Docket No. 29)

17 18 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. No. 1. The Court found that Plaintiff’s second amended 20 complaint, Dkt. No. 15, stated cognizable retaliation claims under the First Amendment 21 against six Defendants. Dkt. No. 16 at 7. 22 Two of the Defendants, Sgt. M. Valdez and Appeals Examiner G. Bickham, have 23 filed a motion for summary judgment on grounds that Plaintiff failed to exhaust available 24 administrative remedies as to his claims against them. Dkt. No. 29. Plaintiff filed 25…