Trinidad Ledesma v. Vasile Crasnean

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TRINIDAD LEDESMA, ) Case No. EDCV 19-1686-FMO (JPR) 11 ) Plaintiff, ) 12 ) ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITH v. ) LEAVE TO AMEND 13 ) VASILE CRASNEAN, Registered ) 14 Nurse, ) ) 15 Defendant. ) 16 On September 4, 2019, Plaintiff Trinidad Ledesma, a former state prisoner at the California Rehabilation Center proceeding pro se, filed a civil-rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He was subsequently granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. He sues Vasile Crasnean, a registered nurse at CRC,1 alleging that he was deliberately indifferent to Plaintiff’s serious medical needs.2 24 1 Because Plaintiff does not indicate the capacity in which he sues Defendant but seeks damages, the Court presumes that it is in his individual capacity. See Shoshone–Bannock Tribes v. Fish & Game Comm’n, 42 F.3d 1278, 1284 (9th Cir. 1984). 27 2 On December 28, 2015, Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, sued 28 Defendant, among others, for the same alleged constitutional 1 After…