Meritt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID WAYNE WILSON, Case No.: 1:22-cv-0455 JLT CDB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR JOINDER AND

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

LURA MERRITT, et al., (Docs. 73, 79) Defendants.

David Wayne Wilson seeks to hold the defendants liable for violations of his civil rights while in housed at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility. (See Docs. 32, 35.) The action proceeds on the following claims: (1) Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs against Defendants Fishburn, Merritt and Carlson; (2) First Amendment retaliation against Merritt; (3) Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause against Carlson; and (4) state law equal protection clause against Carlson. (Doc. 35 at 2.) Plaintiff now seeks to join several employees at SATF as defendants, including correctional counselors Alvarez and Tienken, Captain Guzman, and SATF Warden Morales.…