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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DESMOND JONES, No. 2:21-cv-01603-TLN-EFB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 CAMPBELL, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. On April 29, 2022, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), the court 19 determined that plaintiff’s third amended complaint (TAC) (ECF. No. 17) alleged potentially 20 cognizable Eighth Amendment claims for deliberate indifference to medical needs against 21 defendants Tyler Campbell and La Don Silva. ECF No. 19. Defendants now move for summary 22 judgment. For the following reasons, the motion for summary judgment should be granted. 23 I. The Complaint 24 The TAC alleges that in August of 2020, plaintiff’s primary care provider, defendant Dr. 25 Tyler Campbell at the California Men’s Colony (CMC), and defendant LaDon Silva, a registered 26 dietician nurse at the California Department of Corrections and…