Farias

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 JORGE ALBERTO FARIAS, Case No. 21-cv-04167-BLF

Plaintiff, ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

REGARDING EXHAUSTION

C. LOPEZ, et al., [Re: ECF No. 41] Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Jorge Alberto Farias, a state prisoner, filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison staff at the Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”). ECF No. 1. After screening the complaint, the Court found cognizable claims against Defendants C. Lopez, Jose Gutierrez-Aparicio, P. Barrera-Negrete, A. Cortina, and D. Ear (collectively “Defendants”). ECF Nos. 11, 12. Later, the Court granted Defendants’ motion to bifurcate summary judgment motions, allowing Defendants to raise exhaustion in the first motion and, if denied, additional defenses in the second. ECF No. 35. Before the Court is the first of Defendants’ summary judgment motions. ECF No. 41 (“Mot.”). …