Bobbala
(PC) Pruitt v. Bobbala
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHET PRUITT, No. 2:20-cv-0632 KJM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
MANJULA BOBBALA, et al.,
Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. Procedural History Plaintiff filed his original complaint on March 23, 2020. ECF No. 1. The complaint named four defendants—Bobbala, Gates, Lynch, and the State Compensation Insurance Fund— and asserted five grounds for relief. Id. The complaint was screened, and findings and recommendations were issued recommending that defendant State Compensation Insurance Fund and Claims 2 through 5, which alleged claims against the State Compensation Insurance Fund only, be dismissed without prejudice. ECF No. 7. The findings and recommendations were adopted in full, and the case proceeded on plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims against defendants Bobbala,…