Pfeiffer

I. BACKGROUND

A. Plaintiff’s Complaint Plaintiff Manuel Rodriguez (“Plaintiff”), proceeding through counsel, filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 5, 2021, alleging claims against Defendants Christian Pfeiffer, Michael Felder, Harpreet Singh R.N., E. Vitto,2 L.V.N., Lawrence Alague R.N.R., and 1 Defendants Singh, Vitto, and Alague do not join in the motion. (See ECF No. 29.) Defendant Igbinosa has not yet appeared in this case. 2 This defendant has been referred to as both defendant “Vito” and defendant “Vitto.” (See ECF Nos. 29, 32.) It is Does 1 through 10 for deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff’s claims arise out of the defendants’ delay in providing adequate medical treatment to Plaintiff after he suffered a neck injury in May of 2019 while incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison, resulting in an epidural abscess that rendered him quadriplegic. (Id.) 5 B. Defendants’ First Motion to Dismiss 6 On June 14, 2021, Defendants Pfeiffer, Felder, and Vitto filed a motion to dismiss the 7 complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of…