Schuyler

BACKGROUND

I. Amended Complaint

23 Plaintiff’s verified amended complaint (ECF No. 15) is the operative complaint and alleges 24 the following facts. 25 In September 2022, when Plaintiff was housed at California State Prison, Sacramento 26 27 (“CSP-SAC”), he experienced “severe” back pain. (ECF No. 15 at 8.) On October 12, 2022, a prison doctor sent him to an external hospital, Methodist Hospital, for an MRI, which showed his “spine was damaged.” (Id.) The next day, he was transferred to California State Prison, Lancaster (“CSP-LAC”), where he fell down and received a “pain shot.” (Id.) Defendant Dr. Kalinjian, a doctor at CSP-LAC, first saw Plaintiff “on or about October 16, 2022.” (Id.) Plaintiff told him about the MRI from October 12, but Dr. Kalinjian said he did not see a record of an MRI in his medical records. (Id.) Dr. Kalinjian did not give Plaintiff a physical exam and accused Plaintiff of “seeking pain meds or transfer.” (Id.) On October 19, 2022, Plaintiff swallowed a razor blade due to the pain, and he was transferred to Palmdale Regional Medical Center (“Palmdale Hospital”). (Id. at 8-9.) There, a…