Kernan

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6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WAYDE HOLLIS HARRIS, No. 2:17-cv-0680 TLN KJN P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 S. KERNAN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16

17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. This action proceeds on 18 plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment medical claims against defendant Dr. Kuersten.1 On September 19 19, 2019, plaintiff was granted leave to file a response to defendant’s response to the court’s 20 August 1, 2019 order (ECF No. 71). (ECF No. 75.) Plaintiff filed his response, requesting an 21 order requiring further compliance; defendant filed an opposition, and plaintiff filed a reply. 22 1 The undersigned found that plaintiff may be able to demonstrate that Dr. Kuersten was deliberately 23 indifferent to plaintiff’s serious medical needs by allegedly interfering with numerous recommendations of specialists concerning the diagnosis and treatment of plaintiff’s chronic GI 24 symptoms, suffered over more than four years, which remain undiagnosed, by denying…