Medina
(PC) Cotton v. Medina
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 WESLEY COTTON, Case No. 1:22-cv-00568-JLT-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL v. (ECF No. 63) MEDINA, et al., AND Defendants. ORDER CONSTRUING PLAINTIFF’S
FILINGS AS A MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
AND ORDERING SUPPLEMENTAL
BRIEFING
17 (ECF NOS. 69, 80) 18 Plaintiff Wesley Cotton is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleged that while he was in a locked caged enclosure in the B yard of Corcoran State Prison (CSP), toxic gas from cannisters used to break up a fight in the C yard drifted over and injured him. Defendant Medina failed to protect Plaintiff from the gas, and Plaintiff was not provided with medical care afterwards. (See generally ECF No. 1). Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to compel B-yard footage, which Plaintiff argues would show his…