Riaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAFONZO R. TURNER, No. 2:16-cv-0969 MCE AC P Plaintiff,

v.

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

N. RIAZ, et al.,

Defendants. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff Lafonzo R. Turner is a state prisoner who proceeds in forma pauperis and with appointed counsel in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case proceeds on plaintiff’s original complaint, on claims that defendant CDCR physicians N. Riaz and V.M. Duc, and CDCR clinical social worker H. Nguyen, were deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment during plaintiff’s incarceration at California State Prison Sacramento (CSP-SAC). See ECF No. 1. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, ECF No. 56, is before the court. The motion was heard by the undersigned on August 20, 2019. Alexander Nowinski appeared on behalf of plaintiff, and Deputies Attorney General Sarah Brattin and Lawrence Bragg appeared for defendants. 28 …