(PC) Ribot v. Smith

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HUGO RIBOT, No. 2:19-CV-1361-JAM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CHRISTOPHER SMITH, M.D., Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Defendant Smith’s unopposed motion for summary judgment. See ECF No. 29. The undersigned United States Magistrate Judge recommends that Defendant’s motion be granted. 21 I. PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATIONS This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s original complaint. See ECF No. 1. Plaintiff Hugo Ribot, a prisoner at Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP), claims that Defendant Christopher Smith, the prison’s chief physician, and surgeon, violated his Eighth Amendment rights by showing deliberate indifference to his eye condition. See id. Throughout 2010 and 2011, Plaintiff visited Dr. Tesluk, an eye specialist, for treatment of glaucoma and macular edema…