Kelley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GILROY E. JOHNSON, No. 2:18-cv-1969 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER LEE KELLEY, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendant was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical need in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to compel. For the reasons set forth below, this court will grant the motion in part. BACKGROUND This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s original complaint, filed here on July 13, 2018. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff alleges that when he was incarcerated at California State Prison, Sacramento in 2017, he was seen by defendant, a nurse there, for severe shoulder pain. Defendant refused to refer plaintiff to a doctor or otherwise treat his pain. As a result, plaintiff suffered shoulder pain for several months until he was transferred to…