(PC) Bowell v. California Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES BOWELL, No. 2:17-cv-0981 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se, in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on plaintiff’s claims that defendants Lewis and Allison, both employed in Sacramento, violated plaintiff’s constitutional rights based on forced TB skin tests. (See ECF No. 17 at 2.) On February 24, 2020, plaintiff filed a document entitled, “Motion Seeking an Emergency Order,” subtitled “Prima Facie Showing Gross Negligent Medical Malpractice.” (ECF No. 70.) Plaintiff recounts various doctors’ statements and alleged negligent treatment from Lancaster State Prison, “Tri City San Diego,” Bakersfield, and San Diego, California. (ECF No. 70 at 1-2.) Plaintiff asks the court to order prison doctors Pollard and Barenchi “to hire an outside new doctor not affiliated” with any of the doctors…