Bick

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TYRONE THOMPSON, Case No. 2:19-cv-01651-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. ECF No. 26 BICK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleges that defendants Petras and Bick violated his Eighth Amendment rights by terminating his methadone prescription. ECF No. 10. Defendants move for summary judgment, arguing that plaintiff cannot show that they were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs. ECF No. 26. The court grants summary judgment in defendants’ favor. Background Plaintiff has experienced chronic low back pain for more than two decades and has periodically been treated with opioid pain medications. See ECF No. 26-5 at 13. Following his 2014 transfer to California Medical Facility (“CMF”), a medical provider not named in this suit prescribed him methadone,…