King
(PC) Chester v. King
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
19 Raymond D. Chester (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma 20 pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with 21 Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint filed on August 31, 2016, against defendants Audrey King 22 (Executive Director), Jagsir Sandhu, M.D. (Chief Medical Officer), Bradley Powers, M.D. (Unit 23 Physician), and Robert Withrow, M.D. (Medical Director of CSH) (“Defendants”) for failing to 24 provide adequate medical care to Plaintiff in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. (ECF No. 25 10.) This case is in the discovery phase. 26 On August 19, 2019, defendant Bradley Powers, M.D., filed a motion for summary 27 judgment. (ECF No. 36.) On the same date, with separate counsel, defendants King, Sandhu, 28 and Withrow also filed a motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 37.) On September 9, 2019, Plaintiff filed an opposition to defendant Powers’ motion; and he also filed a cross-motion for summary judgment. (ECF Nos. 43, 44.) On September 17, 2019, defendants King, Sandhu, and Withrow opposed Plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 46.) On…