(PC)Dayton
(PC)Dayton v. Reilly
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN MICHAEL DAYTON, No. 2:20-cv-2093 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER REILLY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se, in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on plaintiff’s claims that on January 9, 2020, while housed at California State Prison, Sacramento, knowing plaintiff suffered from serious mental health issues, defendants Reilly and Hood were deliberately indifferent to an excessive risk to plaintiff’s safety and failed to protect him from attempting suicide in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. This action was stayed on February 2, 2021, as part of the court’s Post-Screening ADR Project. On February 22, 2021, plaintiff filed a motion asking for permission to file a motion for protective order or temporary restraining order. Plaintiff states he fears reprisals for filing this civil case. In the accompanying notice, plaintiff claims this matter…