(PC) Edwards v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KADEEM EDWARDS, 1:23-cv-01180-KES-SKO (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AS

v. PREMATURE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF (Doc. 38)

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

DEFENDANT BASSI’S FAILURE TO FILE

Defendant. A RESPONSIVE PLEADING

21-DAY DEADLINE

19 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds against Defendant Bassi on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs claim. I. BACKGROUND On February 28, 2024, the Court issued its Order Finding Service Appropriate, directing service on Sukhmani Bassi, allegedly employed as a licensed vocational nurse at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla in December 2023. (Doc. 18.) On April 19, 2024, a waiver of…