Cramer

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CORREY MITCHELL, Case No. 23-cv-00141-JSW

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

9 v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

10 CRAMER, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 12 Defendants. 11

12 INTRODUCTION 13 Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 14 U.S.C. § 1983 against officials at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”). After reviewing the 15 complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the Court concluded Plaintiff stated a cognizable First 16 Amendment retaliation claim against Defendants Cramer and Meredith (“Defendants”). 17 Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff opposed the motion, and Defendants 18 replied. For the reasons discussed below, the motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. 19 BACKGROUND 20 Except where noted, the following facts are not in dispute. 21 Plaintiff arrived at SVSP in 2019 and was placed on the waitlist for a job assignment. On 22 …