Bobbala

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHET PRUITT, No. 2:20-cv-0632 KJM AC P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MANJULA BOBBALA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court are Defendants’ motions to dismiss, ECF Nos. 29, 30, and Plaintiff’s motion to amend, ECF No. 33. I. Procedural History Plaintiff filed his original complaint on March 23, 2020. ECF No. 1. The complaint named four defendants—Manjula Bobbala, M.D.; S. Gates, Chief of Health Care Appeals for California Correctional Health Care Services; Jeff Lynch, Acting Warden of California State Prison – Sacramento; and the State Compensation Insurance Fund—and alleged five grounds for relief. Id. The complaint was screened, and the undersigned recommended that Defendant State Compensation Insurance Fund and Claims 2 through 5, which alleged claims against…