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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CESAR N. HERNANDEZ, No. 2:19-cv-2195 MCE DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A. CONSTABLE, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. Before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, this court will recommend defendants’ motion be denied. BACKGROUND This case is proceeding on the Eighth Amendment claims in plaintiff’s first amended complaint (“FAC”). (ECF No. 13.) In the FAC, plaintiff alleges the following. He suffers from a severe form of hypertension. In March 2018,2 he was taking prescribed medication daily at

1 The court dismissed plaintiff’s claims regarding his placement in Administrative Segregation (“Ad Seg”). (See ECF Nos.…