Johal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAMAR PASCHALL, Case No.: 1:24-cv-00154 JLT SKO Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

v. DEFENDANT ARMANDEEP JOHAL FROM

THIS ACTION

AMANDEEP JOHAL, et al., (Doc. 16) Defendants.

16 Lamar Paschall seeks to hold the defendants liable for violations of his constitutional rights while housed at Sierra Conservation Center. (See Doc. 12.) The assigned magistrate judge screened Plaintiff’s amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and found Plaintiff stated a cognizable claim for Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs against Defendants Fu, Smith, Sinclair, Jane Doe, and John Doe. (Doc. 13 at 4-10.) However, the magistrate judge determined that Plaintiff failed to state a cognizable claim against Defendant Johal, the Chief Medical Officer at the institution. (Id. at 10.) In response to the Screening Order, Plaintiff indicated his willingness to proceed only…