Kelso

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARIUS BUTLER, No. 2:22-cv-01301 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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K. RUETER, J. PICKETT, B. KIBLER, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 I. Introduction Plaintiff Darius Butler, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a state court action entitled Butler v. K. Rueter, et al., No. 34-2022-00318077, in Sacramento County Superior Court seeking relief against employees of the California prison healthcare system for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and civil conspiracy for exposing him to Covid-19. Defendant J. Clark Kelso, who was appointed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California as the Receiver for the California prison medical healthcare system, and Defendants Richard Kirkland, Lisa Heintz, John Dovey, and Jackie Clark (collectively, the “Receiver Defendants”), removed the state court action to this Court…