Pai

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN GREGORY WILLIAMS, No. 2:19-cv-1591 DAD AC P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS USHA PANEMANGALOR PAI, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 64. For the reasons discussed below, the undersigned recommends the motion be granted. I. Procedural History In Fall 2019, plaintiff filed two actions against defendant, Dr. Pai: one in Solano County Superior Court1 and the other in this court. See ECF No. 26 at 2. A week after the undersigned screened the federal complaint and found plaintiff had stated an Eighth Amendment medical deliberate indifference claim against defendant, ECF No. 7, the state court denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s negligence and intentional tort claims. See ECF No. 26 The undersigned took…