Akintola
(PC) Smith v. Akintola
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD JOSHUA SMITH, No. 2:21-cv-00420-JAM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OMONIYI AKINTOLA, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant moves for summary judgment. ECF No. 34. For the reasons that follow, the motion must be granted. I. The Complaint Following screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A (ECF No. 9), a single claim remains – plaintiff’s claim that defendant Akintola, a physician’s assistant who was plaintiff’s primary medical provider at California Health Care Facility – Stockton (“CHCF”), was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s medical needs by ignoring the information plaintiff relayed to him about his medical condition in response to plaintiff’s March 2019 sick-call request. ECF No. 7 at 3. Plaintiff alleges that he experienced chest pain and shortness of breath possibly due to exposure to…