Harbako

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHEN STOWERS, No. 2:18-cv-2177 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

HRABKO,1 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendant was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery responses. For the reasons set forth below, this court will recommend defendant’s motion be granted and will deny plaintiff’s motion. BACKGROUND This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s original complaint, filed here on August 9, 2018. Plaintiff alleged that beginning in 2014, defendant Hrabko, a dermatologist, failed to properly treat plaintiff’s lip disease when plaintiff was incarcerated at California State Prison,…