Pleshchuk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONNIE CHEROKEE BROWN, No. 2:19-cv-0699 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER R. PLESCHUK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that defendants Dr. Pleschuk and Dr. Valencia were deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s serious mental health needs and violated plaintiff’s due process rights by intentionally lowering plaintiff’s mental health care from EOP to CCCMS based on false information and their own self-interest, and transferring plaintiff to a “very dangerous” SHU program at Corcoran State Prison. On June 18, 2020, defendants filed a motion to opt out of the post-screening ADR project. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, counsel for defendants was unable to speak with plaintiff, but cite his motion for summary judgment filed while the case was stayed as an indication that he intended to prosecute this action rather…