Uzma

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD JOSHUA SMITH, Case No. 2:24-cv-00683-TLN-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER CHAUDRY UZMA, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, brings this action against several medical providers at the California Health Care Facility and San Joaquin General Hospital. On November 13, 2024, I screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found that it stated viable Eighth Amendment inadequate medical care claims against defendants Uzma and Gill. ECF No. 16. I found that the complaint failed to state a viable claim against any other defendant, however. Plaintiff filed a notice of election on December 23, 2024, indicating his intent to proceed with the claims that I identified as viable, with the caveat that he also proceed with his claim against San Joaquin General Hospital. ECF No. 25. That claim, however, is premised on a theory of respondeat superior liability, ECF No. 10 at 2, which is unavailable in section 1983…