(PC) Taylor v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CODY RICHARD TAYLOR, No. 2:21-cv-2413 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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JEFF LYNCH, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, with an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s motion to amend is before the court. As discussed below, plaintiff’s motion should be partially granted. Plaintiff’s Complaint While housed at California State Prison, Sacramento, plaintiff’s cellmate Pangborn allegedly told defendants Lynch, Fredricks and Riley that Pangborn was going on an HIV medication strike “to become detectable and able to infect staff and inmates.” (ECF No. 1 at 5.) Pangborn “purposely cut the tips of his fingers and put his blood on the hair razors . . . in numerous food items,” shared by both plaintiff and Pangborn, and also put his blood in plaintiff’s heroin, while denying Pangborn had any infectious diseases when asked by…