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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON ROBERT HODGE, Case No. 2:19-cv-01956-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO

v. DISMISS BE DENIED KEVIN RUETER, et al., ECF No. 56 Defendants. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND

MISCELLANEOUS MOTIONS ECF Nos. 53, 54, & 58 18 In April 2017, plaintiff seriously injured his shoulder when he was shot with rubber bullets during an altercation at Corcoran State Prison. Two physicians recommended surgery to repair the injury. Plaintiff alleges that defendants, all members of CDCR’s Statewide Medical Authorization Review Team committee (“the committee”), violated his Eighth Amendment rights by refusing to authorize surgery and directing his physician to provide a steroid injection. Defendants now move to dismiss the first amended complaint, arguing that both the written 25…