Pfile
(PC) Beinlick v. Pfile
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 BRIAN BEINLICK., No. 2:17-CV-0824-WBS-DMC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ADAM PACE, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff, who is proceeding with retained counsel, brings this civil action. Pending before the Court is Defendant Mulligan-Pfile’s unopposed motion for summary judgment. See ECF No. 75. Plaintiff claims that Defendant was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs when she prescribed him fiber tables, sodium docusate, and lactulose instead of psyllium seed powder to treat his irritable bowel syndrome (“IBS”) symptoms. See ECF No. 1, pg. 5, 11. Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing: (1) she cannot be held liable as an administrative reviewer; (2) she was not deliberately indifferent to Plaintiff’s medical needs; and (3) she is entitled to qualified immunity. See ECF No. 75. For the reasons discussed below, the undersigned finds no genuine dispute as to any…