(PC) Medley v. Williams
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THEODORA MEDLEY, No. 2:24-cv-03804 DJC SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER S. PFITZER, ET AL., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court is plaintiff’s complaint for screening. (ECF No. 1.) The Eighth Amendment medical indifference and disability discrimination claims therein were severed from the second amended complaint in plaintiff’s other pending civil rights action, Medley v. Pfitzer, et al., Case No. 2:22-cv-00227 DJC SCR P (E.D. Cal.) (“Medley I”), pursuant to District Judge Calabretta’s order dated May 15, 2025. (ECF No. 2.) STATUTORY SCREENING The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against “a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In 26 Plaintiff was granted in forma pauperis status in…