(PC) Smithee v. California Correctional Institution

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANA SMITHEE, et al, Case No. 1:19-cv-0004 JLT CDB (PC)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

v. RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

DEFENDANT PRATAP NARAYAN’S

PRATAP NARAYAN, et al., MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Defendants. (Docs. 163, 180)

16 Dana Smithee and E.M., a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem Jennifer Montes, seek to recover damages following the death by suicide of Smithee’s son, Cyrus Ayers, while Cyrus was incarcerated at California Correctional Institution (“CCI”). In the operative sixth amended complaint (Doc. 142), Plaintiffs assert a claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deliberate indifference against Defendant Pratap Narayan, M.D. who at the time of the decedent’s passing was CCI’s chief psychiatrist during the months leading up to the suicide. On November 22, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations to deny Defendant’s motion for summary judgment. …