Pickett
(PC) Garces v. Pickett
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LUIS MANUEL GARCES, No. 2:17-cv-0319 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. PICKETT, et al. Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is defendants Pickett and Chapman’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, ECF No. 66, which plaintiff opposes, ECF No. 96. I. Procedural History The complaint alleged that defendants Pickett, Barton, Schaake, Chapman, Hurbert, Lopez, Briggs, and Voong violated plaintiff’s constitutional rights. ECF No. 1 at 2-13. On screening pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, the undersigned recommended that plaintiff’s claims against Barton, Schaake, Hurbert, Lopez, Briggs, and Voong be dismissed without leave to amend, ECF No. 21 at 8, and the District Judge adopted the recommendation in full, ECF No. 33. Service was found to be appropriate for defendants Pickett and Chapman on 27 …