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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD SCOTT KINDRED, Case No. 1:19-cv-00955-AWI-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO GRANT DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ANTHONY DIKE, (Doc. 49)

Defendant. 16 Richard Scott Kindred, a civil detainee at the Department of State Hospitals-Coalinga (“Coalinga State Hospital”), alleges Dr. Anthony Dike provided him inadequate medical care in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. (Doc. 1.) Defendant moves for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. (Doc. 49.) Defendant argues that summary judgment is proper because there is no evidence that shows that he breached any standard of care when treating Plaintiff or that his acts or omissions caused any injury to Plaintiff. (Id. at 2; Doc. 49-1 at 2.) Plaintiff has filed an opposition to Defendant’s motion (Doc. 53), to which Defendant has filed a reply (Doc. 54). For the reasons set forth below, the Court…