(PC) Gonzales 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 GIOVANNI GONZALES (aka Sharon Case No. 1:19-cv-01467-JLT-BAM (PC) Gonzales), 12 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO Plaintiff, GRANT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO 13 DISMISS v. 14 (ECF No. 42)

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

15 CORRECTIONS AND FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE REHABILITATION, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff Giovanni Gonzales, aka Sharon Gonzales, (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner 19 proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendants Diaz, Song, 21 Mitchell, and Does 1–501 in their official capacities for purposes of injunctive relief, for 22 deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment, 23 and for discrimination based on Plaintiff’s transgender status under the Fourteenth Amendment’s 24 Equal Protection Clause. 25 /// 26 1 A ruling on…