Mba

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL MAZZEI, Case No. 1:24-cv-00398-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO ASSIGN

DISTRICT JUDGE

v.

AND

MBA, et al.,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

Defendants. DISMISS THIS ACTION AS BARRED BY

RES JUDICATA

15 (ECF NO. 1)

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY,

DUE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

18 Plaintiff Paul Mazzei is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights case filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the reasons stated below, the Court recommends that this case be dismissed as barred by res judicata. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on April 4, 2024. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff alleges that defendants, a physician’s assistant Sisodia and a registered nurse Mba, were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, resulting in a lung collapse and impaired cardiopulmonary function. (ECF No. 1 at 3, 12). In the complaint,…