Moore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER ALLEN VAN GESSEL, 1:18-cv-01478-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT THIS CASE

vs. PROCEED AGAINST DEFENDANTS

MOORE, ALTUIRE, AND BALLESIL ON

THOMAS MOORE, et al., PLAINTIFF’S MEDICAL CLAIMS UNDER

THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT AND

Defendants. MALPRACTICE CLAIMS UNDER THE

FTCA, AND THAT ALL OTHER CLAIMS

AND DEFENDANTS BE DISMISSED, WITH

PREJUDICE, FOR PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE

TO STATE A CLAIM

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN (14) DAYS

20 I. BACKGROUND Christopher Allen Van Gessel (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). On October 26, 2018, Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action. …