Glenn Bosworth v. The United States of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 Case No. ED CV 19-2175 DMG (MRW) GLENN BOSWORTH,
ORDER DISMISSING ACTION
Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., 17 Defendants.
19 The Court dismisses this untimely action with prejudice against the three remaining individual defendants. * * * 1. This is a pro se Bivens action involving a former prisoner. Plaintiff Bosworth was an inmate at the federal prison in Lompoc and other facilities. He injured his wrist in 2012 and subsequently developed significant medical complications (reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)). In 2014, BOP medical staff prescribed a medical procedure for Plaintiff to treat his RSD. Plaintiff alleges that he never received the surgery. 2. In November 2019, Plaintiff filed his complaint in this action. The complaint alleged that three BOP professionals (Drs. Gross, Pelton, and Hirano) were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs by cancelling or failing to ensure that Plaintiff received the…