Zuniga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN SORIA, CASE NO. 1:18-cv-0635-NONE-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DENY DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

v. JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS RAFEL ZUNGIA, et al., (Doc. 22) Defendants.

FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE

16 This action proceeds on plaintiff’s first amended complaint on an Eighth Amendment medical indifference claim against defendants Lt. A. Herron, Camp Administrator Tammy Allison, Dr. Ruben Morales, and Case Manager Coordinator R. Gonzales. (See Docs. 10, 11.) Plaintiff, who was a federal inmate when he initiated this case1, brings this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Now pending is a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by defendants Allison, Gonzalez, and Herron2 on the ground that plaintiff is attempting to extend Bivens to a new context. Plaintiff has not filed an opposition to this motion, though he did file…