Dikran

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL SCOTT McRAE, 1:16-cv-01066-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT AND

vs. DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST

DEFENDANT DR. KEVIN CUONG

BAIRAMIAN DIKRAN, et al., NGUYEN (ECF No. 43.) Defendants.

16 17 18 I. BACKGROUND Michael Scott McRae (“Plaintiff”) is a former 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). This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint filed on March 9, 2018, against defendants Dr. Dikran Bairamian,1 Dr. Kevin Cuong Nguyen, and Dr. David Betts (collectively, “Defendants”), for inadequate medical care under the Eighth Amendment and state law claims for medical malpractice and medical battery. (ECF No. 14.)

27 1 In his original Complaint, Plaintiff referred to this defendant as Dr. Bairamian, Dikran, M.D. (ECF No. 1.) The…