(PC) Gonzales v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GIOVANNI GONZALES (aka Sharon Case No. 1:19-cv-01467-AWI-BAM (PC) Gonzales), ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION Plaintiff, TO APPOINT COUNSEL 9 v. (ECF No. 25)
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Plaintiff Giovanni Gonzales, aka Sharon Gonzales, (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendants Diaz, Song, Mitchell, and Does 1–50 in their official capacities for purposes of injunctive relief, for deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment, and for discrimination based on Plaintiff’s transgender status under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Currently before the Court is a letter from Plaintiff, filed March 4, 2021, which the Court construes as a motion requesting…