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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH GODOY, No. 2:20-cv-01938 DAD KJN P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION M. SON, et al., Defendants. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff Kenneth Godoy, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a civil rights action seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 19.) In the first amended complaint, plaintiff raises an Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs claim against Defendants Son, Hlaing, Bobbala, Ikegbu,1 and Austin. (Id.) Defendant Bobbala filed a motion to dismiss, and Defendants Son, Hlaing, Ikegbu, and Austin filed a separate motion to dismiss. (ECF Nos. 43 & 44.) Plaintiff filed an opposition to the motions. (ECF No. 53.) Defendant Bobbala filed a reply. (ECF No. 54.) For the reasons that follow, defendants’ motions to dismiss should be granted. 26

1 Plaintiff refers to this defendant as “Ikabo” in the amended complaint. II. The…