Flores

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ABEL P. REYES, No. 1:16-cv-00586-DAD-JLT (PC) Plaintiff, v. TENTATIVE PRETRIAL ORDER M. FLORES, Defendant. 16 On August 13, 2019, the court conducted a final pretrial conference. Plaintiff Abel Reyes (“plaintiff”) appeared telephonically and pro se. Deputy Attorney General Matthew Roman appeared telephonically as counsel for defendant M. Flores, LVN (“defendant”). Having considered the parties’ pretrial statements and their views, the court issues this tentative pretrial order. Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendant knowingly denied him constitutionally adequate medical treatment and was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. I. JURISDICTION/VENUE Jurisdiction is predicated on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343. Jurisdiction is not contested.…