Barber
(PC) Wilkins v. Barber
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEENAN WILKINS, aka NERRAH No. 2:19-cv-1338 KJN P
BROWN,
12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 DR. CHRISTINE S. BARBER, et al., 15 Defendants.
17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, with a civil rights action. Plaintiff filed a motion to amend before defendants filed their answer. As discussed below, the undersigned denies plaintiff’s motion to amend without prejudice. Background On November 7, 2019, the court ordered that this case proceed on plaintiff’s complaint against defendants Dr. Baker, Dr. Mansour and Dr. Singh. (ECF No. 29.) The court found that plaintiff states potentially cognizable Eighth Amendment claims against defendants Dr. Barber, Dr. Yasser Mansour and Dr. Singh, and a potentially cognizable First Amendment retaliation claim against Dr. Barber. (ECF No. 29 at 5.) Defendants Escobar, Adams and Recarey were dismissed with leave to amend, but plaintiff opted not to amend. (ECF No. 33.) On December 3, 28 …