(PC) Driver v. Kern County Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLY DRIVER, JR., No. 2: 20-cv-1665 JAM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for sanctions. (ECF No. 107.) For the reasons stated herein, plaintiff’s motion for sanctions is denied. Background This action proceeds on plaintiff’s amended complaint against defendants Bansal, Dr. Rauf and Maya. (ECF No. 13.) Defendant Bansal is employed at the California Medical Facility (“CMF”) and defendants Rauf and Maya are employed at Kern Valley State Prison (“KVSP”). Plaintiff alleges that defendants violated the Eighth Amendment when they denied plaintiff’s request to discontinue his prescription for the anti-psychotic medication Invega after plaintiff told defendants that he was not psychotic and that the medication caused harmful…