Dhillon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH LAVERY, No. 2:13-cv-2083 DAD AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

B. DHILLON, Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Sole remaining defendant Dr. Dhillon has moved for summary judgment. ECF No. 247. Plaintiff, through appointed counsel, has filed an opposition, ECF No. 250 (supported by ECF Nos. 251-254). Defendant filed a reply. ECF No. 255. For the reasons that follow, the undersigned recommends that the motion for summary judgment be granted. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY Plaintiff commenced this case in pro per more than a decade ago. The action was filed in the Northern District of California and was transferred to this court in October 2013. ECF Nos. 14, 15. Plaintiff alleged in sum that his leg was paralyzed (or otherwise functionally damaged) in 2012 when a prison nurse struck his sciatic nerve while…