Ladan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD GOMEZ, No. 2:21-cv-1592 KJM DB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS LADAN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Plaintiff alleges defendant was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. Before the court is defendant’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, this court recommends defendant’s motion be granted. BACKGROUND This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s complaint filed September 3, 2021. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff alleges the following. He is an incomplete quadriplegic who uses a suprapubic catheter to urinate. A suprapubic catheter is a device that is inserted into the bladder through a small abdominal incision. It is used to drain urine from the bladders of patients who cannot urinate. One risk of having a suprapubic catheter is autonomic dysreflexia, a…