Grubbs
(PC) Hammler v. Grubbs
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLEN HAMMLER, No. 2:23-cv-2770 DJC CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DEMITRIOUS GRUBBS, et al., Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the following reasons, all claims raised in the amended complaint filed January 3, 2025 are stricken, but for the potentially colorable Eighth Amendment inadequate medical care and retaliation claims against defendant Grubbs based on defendant Grubbs’ alleged attempt to have plaintiff involuntarily medicated with Risperidone. Defendant Grubbs is ordered to file a response to these potentially colorable Eighth Amendment inadequate medical care and retaliation claims raised in the amended complaint within thirty days of the date of this order. II. BACKGROUND Pursuant to the mailbox rule, plaintiff filed the original complaint on November 26, 2023, seeking injunctive…