(PC) Antonio Gutierrez v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaJanuary 10, 20251:20-cv-01130California2,500 words
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTONIO GUTIERREZ, JR., No. 1:20-cv-01130-KES-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING (1) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT v. NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT (REQUEST FOR NOMINAL DAMAGES), SANDOVAL, ALTERNATIVE REQUESTS TO ALTER
THE JUDGMENT, FOR NEW TRIAL, FOR
Defendant. RULE 60 RELIEF, AND COMPANION
REQUEST FOR FINDING OF PREVAILING
PARTY STATUS; AND (2) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES AND RELATED
RELIEF
18 (Docs. 236, 237) 19 This action proceeded to a four-day trial in November 2024 on plaintiff Antonio Gutierrez’s claims against defendant Margarita Sandoval for deliberate indifference to Gutierrez’s serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment and for medical malpractice. Docs. 215, 218, 223, 227. At trial, Gutierrez asserted that on August 17, 2019, while housed in a California Correctional Institution, he went to…