(PC) Edwards v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KADEEM EDWARDS, 1:23-cv-01180-NODJ-SKO (PC) 12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

13 v. REQUEST TO SUBSTITUTE PARTY

14 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF (Doc. 16)

CORRECTIONS AND

15 REHABILITATION, 16 Defendant. 17 18 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in a civil rights action 19 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 I. INTRODUCTION 21 Following screening, on December 4, 2023, the Court issued Findings and 22 Recommendations to Dismiss Claims and Defendants. (Doc. 13.) The Court recommended that 23 this action proceed only on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious 24 medical needs claim against Defendant Jane Doe L.V.N., the remaining claims in Plaintiff’s 25 complaint to be dismissed, and that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 26 and John Does 1 through 10 be dismissed from this action. (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff was afforded 14 27 days within which to file any…