(PC) Law v. Austin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLOS GILBERT LAW, No. 2:17-cv-2060 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER LORI W. AUSTIN, et al., Defendants. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff is a state prisoner at California Men’s Colony, under the authority of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Plaintiff proceeds pro se with a civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging conditions of his prior confinement at the California Medical Facility (CMF), and a request to proceed in forma pauperis. This action is referred to the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302(c). For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned grants plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis and accords plaintiff the choice of proceeding on his original complaint against defendant Li only (and dismissing his putative claims against defendants Yee, Naidoo, Osman and Austin),…