Cox

Cox v. County of San Joaquin

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaOctober 19, 20222:17-cv-00989California760 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONY COX, No. 2:17-cv-00989-MCE-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, dba San Joaquin General Hospital, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Tony Cox (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action against various Defendants arising out of allegedly substandard care he received while incarcerated with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”). In his operative Fourth Amended Complaint, Plaintiff contends generically that he exhausted his administrative remedies. Defendants Kiranbir Dhillon and Jeffrey Meinzer (collectively, “Defendants”) now move for summary adjudication of the state law claims directed at them arguing that the undisputed facts show otherwise. ECF No. 57. Defendants are correct.

26 1 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for summary judgment when “the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” …

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