Dacuycuy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HANIF S. ABDULLAH, No. 2:19-cv-0804-TLN-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER DACUYCUY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Hanif Abdullah, a former state prisoner, proceeds through counsel in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently pending before the court is defendants’ amended motion to preclude expert testimony and plaintiff’s motion for sanctions based on intentional spoliation of evidence. ECF Nos. 93, 94. For the reasons discussed herein, the court grants defendants’ motion and denies plaintiff’s motion for sanctions. I. Procedural History This case is proceeding on the first amended complaint (“FAC”), which plaintiff filed when he was pro se. The FAC raises an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim against two nurses at the California Health Care Facility, based on their failure to follow post-operative care instructions after plaintiff’s July 16, 2018 total right knee…