Rhodes

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

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

D. FORD, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 87, 100 Defendants.

12 This is a civil rights case brought pro se by a state prisoner under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His claims arise from his detention at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”). Many defendants and claims were previously dismissed as unexhausted, and this action continues with claims of retaliation against defendants Ford and Buckhorn. Plaintiff alleges that they attempted to coerce plaintiff into withdrawing a prior grievance by offering food to gang member inmates in order to intimidate plaintiff to withdraw the grievance and that Ford issued a false Rules Violation Report (“RVR”) as a form of retaliation. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment on the merits. Plaintiff filed an opposition and defendants filed a reply. The court has reviewed the…