Praveen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SALVADOR LOPEZ, No. 2:21-cv-02380-DJC-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SINGH PRAVEEN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. This case proceeds on an Eighth Amendment claim against defendant Praveen based on alleged deliberate indifference to plaintiff’s risk of becoming infected with Covid-19. ECF Nos. 7 & 17. Defendant moved for summary judgment (ECF No. 32) and on March 27, 2024, the district judge concluded that genuine disputes of material fact preclude summary judgment. ECF No. 51. Specifically, the district judge found that there are genuine disputes over whether the defendant knew or should have known that he had Covid-19 symptoms and risked transmitting the disease to plaintiff, and whether the defendant took reasonable and appropriate action in light of those symptoms, or instead disregarded the risk…