Florence Walker v. State of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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9 10 FLORENCE WALKER, Case No. EDCV 21-419-JFW (KK) 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

13 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL.

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15 16 17 I. 18 INTRODUCTION 19 Plaintiff Florence Walker (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma 20 pauperis, filed a Complaint (“Complaint”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 21 1983”) alleging deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s serious medical needs in violation 22 of her Eighth Amendment rights and various state law claims. For the reasons 23 discussed below, the Court dismisses the Complaint with leave to amend. 24 II. 25 BACKGROUND 26 On March 8, 2021, Plaintiff filed a Complaint pursuant to Section 1983 against 27 defendants State of California and California Department of Corrections and 1 capacities: (1) correctional officer Kimberly Cole (“Cole”), (2) physician F. Hermosia 2 (“Hermosia”);…