Church
(PC) Green v. Church
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WARREN C. GREEN, No. 2:18-cv-1931 WBS KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DR. G. CHURCH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and is proceeding in forma pauperis. This action proceeds on plaintiff’s second amended complaint in which he alleges that from 2016 through 2019, he has been allowed to suffer with a bacteria/host/parasite in the skin on his face and scalp, which can be seen when shaven off, and that Dr. Agarwal refused to send plaintiff to an outside hospital to solve this serious medical need when prescribed treatments failed. Plaintiff argues that Dr. Agarwal’s delay in care has subjected plaintiff to additional pain and suffering, as well as further potential harm due to his paralysis (ECF No. 19 at 8). The court found that plaintiff stated a potentially cognizable Eighth Amendment claim for relief against Dr. Agarwal.…