Faustino Rua v. California Correctional Health Care Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:19-cv-06115-CJC-KES Date: August 8, 2019

Title: FAUSTINO RUA v. CALIFORNIA CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES

PRESENT:

THE HONORABLE KAREN E. SCOTT, U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Jazmin Dorado Not Present Courtroom Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR

PLAINTIFF: DEFENDANTS:

None Present None Present

PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS): Order Dismissing Complaint with Leave to Amend (Dkt. 1)

Pro se Plaintiff Faustino Rua (“Plaintiff”), an inmate in the custody of California, has filed a civil rights complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendant California Correctional Health Care Services (“Defendant”), alleging that Defendant failed to adequately treat his macular degeneration and improperly refused his requests to treat with an outside specialist. (Dkt. 1.) The Court must screen any “complaint in a civil action in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity, or from an officer or employee of a governmental entity.” 28 U.S.C. §…