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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL DAVID JOHNSON, No. 2:15-cv-1313 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS E. NAKU, M.D., et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. Defendant Mahmoud’s fully- briefed motion to dismiss is before the court. As set forth below, the undersigned recommends that the motion be granted. I. Background This action proceeds on plaintiff’s third amended complaint. (ECF No. 54.) Plaintiff alleges that defendants E. Naku, M.D., Y.P. Chen, M.D., K. Collinsworth, M.D. and Mahmoud, M.D., were deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On January 6, 2021, the district court reconsidered its ruling on defendant Chen’s

The instant action derives from an action plaintiff initiated in the Northern District of California on December 9, 2014. Johnson v. Thuddy, No. 3:14-cv-04958-JST (N.D. Cal. Apr. 17, 2015) 26 (“Johnson…