(PC) Candler v. Prather

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KEITH CANDLER, No. 2:17-cv-0023-JAM-EFB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 PRATHER, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that defendant Prather1 (“defendant”) violated his Eighth Amendment 19 rights by exhibiting deliberate indifference toward his serious medical needs. Defendant Prather, 20 the sole remaining defendant, has moved for summary judgment (ECF No. 34) and, therein,…