Moore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDING THAT RULE 12(b)(1) vs. MOTION TO DISMISS FILED BY

DEFENDANT UNITED STATES BE

THOMAS MOORE, et al., GRANTED (ECF No. 24.) Defendants.

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN (14) DAYS

17 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…