The following excerpt is from Hammler v. Alvarez, Case No.: 18-CV-326-AJB(WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2019):
First, plaintiff fails to allege any causal connection between the cell search and the grievance he had filed and about which he was being interviewed. Because Plaintiff alleges no facts to show that Barrientos and Hough had any knowledge of this previous grievance, there are no facts to suggest that the cell search was conducted in retaliation for the filing of any grievance. Accord Pratt v. Rowland, 65 F.3d 802, 807-09 (9th Cir. 1995) ("Most importantly, there is insufficient evidence to support the district court's finding that . . .
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