Chau

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICKY LEON SCOTT, Case No. 1:19-cv-01079-ADA-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DISMISS CERTAIN CLAIMS AND

13 v. DEFENDANTS1 14 B. JOHNSON, B. KIBLER, J. KNIGHT, FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD

M. VOONG, J. CHAU; and J. MENDEZ, ,

15 (Doc. No. 28) Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 18 action filed under 42. U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Second Amended 19 Complaint (Doc. No. 28) subject to screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth 20 below, the undersigned recommends Plaintiff be permitted to proceed with an Eighth Amendment 21 medical deliberate indifference claim against Defendant Chau but all other non-cognizable claims 22 and Defendants be dismissed. 23 BACKGROUND AND OPERATIVE PLEADING 24 A. Procedural Posture 25 Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a civil…