Schuyler

INTRODUCTION

14 Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding without attorney representation, filed this civil 15 rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The operative complaint is the amended complaint 16 (ECF No. 15) in which he claims doctors at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVP”) and Natividad 17 Medical Center (“NMC”) failed to provide him adequate medical care. Defendants filed three 18 separate motions for summary judgment: one by Dr. Jonathan Doherty (ECF No. 33), one by Dr. 19 Kathryn Bergen (ECF No. 38), and one by Drs. Sevaq Kalinjian and Mandeep Singh (ECF No. 20 39.) Plaintiff filed oppositions to the Doherty and Bergen motions (ECF Nos. 44, 48), and Dr. 21 Doherty and Dr. Bergen filed replies (ECF No. 53, 55). Plaintiff has not filed an opposition to the 22 summary judgment motion by Drs. Kalinjian and Singh, but in a recent motion for appointment of 23 counsel (ECF No. 57), he indicates he was unable to do so due to back surgery. 24 For the reasons discussed below, the motions for summary judgment by Dr. Doherty and 25 Dr. Bergen are GRANTED. Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel is DENIED, but he is 26 granted an extension of time to file an…