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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DERRICK WHEATEN, Case No. 1:18-cv-00885-AWI-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

S. KNOLL, et al., (Docs. 35, 62) Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Derrick Wheaten is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Plaintiff’s operative claims are for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (Doc. 15 at 1.) This matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On August 5, 2019, Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 35.) Plaintiff filed an opposition on August 19, 2019, to which Defendants filed a reply. (Docs. 38-41.) On September 3, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge granted…