Iqbal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IMMANUEL C. PRICE, No. 2:20-cv-01439-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS Z. IQBAl, et al., Defendants. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff Immanuel Price, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis, filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that, while housed at High Desert State Prison, defendants Iqbal, Rueter, and Gates were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by discontinuing, or affirming the decision to discontinue, his gabapentin prescription, which had been previously prescribed to treat his chemotherapy induced neuropathy. Pending before this Court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 60.) For the reasons stated below, this Court recommends granting summary judgment in favor of defendants. II. Background Plaintiff filed a civil rights complaint in July 2020. (ECF No. 1.) This Court granted defendants’ motion…