(PC) Turner v. M. Pallares

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaAugust 22, 20231:21-cv-01721California1,157 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TREAUNA L. TURNER, No. 1:21-cv-01721-JLT-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS PALLARES, et al., (Doc. 57) Defendants. 16 In this action, Treauna Turner alleges deliberate indifference to medical care and negligence (medical malpractice) related to the defendants’ alleged misdiagnosis and delayed treatment of symptoms/physical distortion of her breast, which was eventually identified to be breast cancer. (See generally Doc. 20.) This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against defendants Showalter and Mitchell for deliberate indifference to medical care in violation of the Eighth Amendment and against defendants Showalter, Mitchell, and Freeman for negligence (medical malpractice). (Doc. 20.) Defendants Showalter and Mitchell filed a partial motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim for failure to…

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