Molina

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDREW S. MOLINA, Case No.: 3:21-cv-01593-BTM-BLM

CDCR #BI-9892,

ORDER APPOINTING PRO BONO

Plaintiff, COUNSEL PURSUANT TO vs. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) AND 14 S.D. Cal. Gen. Order 596 Dr. VU DINH, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Andrew S. Molina, a prisoner proceeding without counsel, first initiated this civil action pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in September 2021. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) Molina alleges Defendant Dr. Vu Dinh, a surgeon at El Centro Regional Medical Center, acted with deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in late April 2021 by refusing to surgically remove and replace an inguinal hernia mesh. (Id. at 3–4.) I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY On July 29, 2024, the Court denied Dinh’s Second Motion for Summary Judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, finding genuine disputes of material fact exist with respect to Dinh’s initial refusal to perform…