(PC) Gelazela v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK GELAZELA, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-01499 JLT EPG ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING v. ) PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY ) JUDGMENT, GRANTING THE GOVERNMENT’S UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et. al., ) MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, ) GRANTING DEFENDANT MOORE’S MOTION Defendants. ) FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, AND DIRECTING ) THE CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE THIS CASE ) ) (Docs. 45, 48, 48, and 63) )

Mark Gelazela seeks to hold the defendants liable for violations of his rights while he was in custody at Mendota FCI. Plaintiff alleges that he was remanded into custody six weeks after a knee surgery, when he was “fresh off crutches and wearing a full metal leg-brace to lock his knee in place.” (Doc. 13 at 5.) The action is proceeding on the following claims: (1) against Thomas Moore, M.D., for deliberate indifference to his…