(PC) Patterson v. HIP-C Committee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VESTER L. PATTERSON, Case No. 1:19-cv-1401-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER TO ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE;

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

v. DISMISS NON-COGNIZABLE CLAIMS (Doc. 10) JOHN DOES 1-18, et al., Defendants. FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE 16 Previously, the Court screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found it stated a cognizable Eighth Amendment claim against Does 1-18, members of the California Correctional Health Care Services’ Hepatitis-C Treatment Committee. (Doc. 12.) The Court found no other cognizable claims. Plaintiff has now indicated his intent to proceed on this pleading as screened. (Doc. 14.) Accordingly, RECOMMENDS that this action proceed on an Eighth Amendment claim against Does 1-19, and that all other claims and defendants be dismissed. I. Pleading Standard A complaint must contain “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief . . .” Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2). …