(PC) Mendez v. Lee

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSEPH MATTHEW MENDEZ, No. 2:16-cv-0477 DJC AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 14 B. LEE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. ECF 19 No. 31. 20 I. Procedural History 21 This case proceeds on the first amended complaint, which was screened and found to state 22 claims for deliberate indifference against defendants…