Moore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER ALLEN VAN GESSEL, 1:18-cv-01478-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO ADJUDGE PLRA UNCONSTITUTIONAL

vs. (ECF No. 9.)

THOMAS MOORE, et al.,

Defendants.

20 I. BACKGROUND Christopher Allen Van Gessel (“Plaintiff”) is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). This action now proceeds with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint, filed on October 7, 2019, on Plaintiff’s medical claims under the Eighth Amendment against defendants Dr. Thomas Moore, Physician’s Assistant Altuire, and Physician’s Assistant Ballesil, and medical malpractice claims under the FTCA against defendant United States, for monetary damages. (ECF No. 18.) On October 7, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion to…