(PC) Gonzales v. Gonzales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL GONZALES, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-0459 JLT SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS GRANTING THE v. ) MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BY ) DEFENDANT J. GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, et al., ) ) (Docs. 55, 62) Defendant. ) ) )

Michael Gonzales is a state prisoner and seeks to hold several correctional officers liable for providing food tainted with involuntary antipsychotic medication without a court order, in violation of his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. (See generally Doc. 1; see also Doc. 8 at 7- 8; Doc. 9.) Specifically, Plaintiff believes Officer J. Gonzalez obtained Thorazine, Haldol, or Cogentin in white power form and placed it in his food in May 2018. (See Doc. 62 at 6, 12.) Officer J. Gonzalez seeks summary judgment on the claim against him. (Doc. 55.) On November 22, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge…