Tuafono Tiatia v. Dr. Mario Nawaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 TUAFONO TIATIA, Case No. 2:20-cv-08339-DDP-AFM Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

v. WITH LEAVE TO AMEND DR. MARIO NAWAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 On September 10, 2020, plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff also filed a Request to Proceed Without Prepayment of Filing Fees, which subsequently was granted. (See ECF Nos. 5-6.) Plaintiff is a state prisoner presently incarcerated at the California State Prison (“CSP-LAC”) in Lancaster, California. In his Complaint, plaintiff names as defendants Dr. Nawaz at CSP-LAC, Dr. De La Torre, an emergency doctor at Palmdale Regional Medical Center (“PRMC”), Dr. Parsa, a neurosurgeon at PRMC, and Dr. Abumeri, a neurosurgery consultant at CSP-LAC. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) Plaintiff appears to be raising one claim arising from his medical treatment for what was diagnosed on November 7, 2019, as a “subdural hematoma.” 27 …