Dowbak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GREGORY WAYNE QUINN, No. 2:17-cv-992-MCE-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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JOHN M. DOWBAK, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that Dr. John M. Dowbak (“defendant”), the sole defendant in this action, violated his Eighth Amendment rights by exhibiting deliberate indifference toward his serious medical needs. Defendant has moved for summary judgment (ECF No. 52) and, therein, argues that there is no evidence that he was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s serious medical needs. Plaintiff has filed an opposition (ECF No. 67) and defendant has filed a reply (ECF No. 68). For the reasons stated hereafter, defendant’s motion should be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff alleges that, on September 19, 2013 and while incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison, he suffered a fracture…