Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN ALLEN, No. 1:18-cv-00808-NONE-EPG (PC) Petitioner, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT IN

v. PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO

DR. LOPEZ, et al., DEFENDANTS LOPEZ, OGBUEHI, AND

RELEVANTE, AND DENY IN PART AS TO

Respondent. DEFENDANTS PATEL, SAO, ULIT, AND

SPAETH

16 (Doc. Nos. 45, 51) 17 Plaintiff Kevin Allen, a state prisoner, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 pro se and in forma pauperis against prison officials at the Kern Valley State Prison for violating his Eighth Amendment rights. (Doc. No. 1.) Plaintiff contends that for approximately seven years he has been suffering from a severe and chronic lower back and right leg pain. (Doc. No. 46 at 19, 21, 28–30, 46, 55.) Neurosurgeons Senegor and Segal recommended surgery for plaintiff’s pain on July 21, 2015 and October 28, 2016, respectively, (Doc. Nos. 45-4 at 9–11; 46 at 55), but on…