Cox

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONY COX, No. 2:17-cv-00989-MCE-CKD Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants. 17 Through the present lawsuit, Plaintiff Tony Cox (“Plaintiff”) alleges he suffered 18 catastrophic injuries due to substandard care he received both while incarcerated at 19 Folsom State Prison (“FSP”) and San Joaquin General Hospital (“SJGH”). Plaintiff’s 20 currently operative pleading, the Fourth Amended Complaint (“FAC”), seeks to recover 21 for those injuries from the County of San Joaquin, doing business as SJGH, (hereafter 22 referred to as either the “County” or “SJGH”) and prison employees Kiranbir Dhillon, 23 M.D. (“Dhillon”), and Registered Nurse Jeffrey Meinzer (“Meinzer”) (Dhillon and Meinzer 24 referred to together hereafter as the “individual Defendants”). Presently before the Court 25 are two Motions for Summary Judgment, one filed by the County, and one filed by the 26 individual…