(PC) Rannels v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANIEL W. RANNELS, Case No. 1:21-cv-00049-KES-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

v. TO DISMISS DEFENDANTS PUYAGOYA

AND SOMMERS

SMITH, et al., 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Daniel W. Rannels is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs claims against Defendants Smith, Tortrice, Sommers and Puyagoya. I. INTRODUCTION Following screening of the second amended complaint, this Court issued its Order Finding Service Appropriate on February 5, 2024. (Doc. 33.) Service of Defendants Steve Smith, Stoc Tortrice, Sommers and Puyagoya was to be effected under the Court’s e-service pilot program. (Id. at 1-2.) The Order included the following information regarding Defendants Puyagoya and Sommers: “Puyagoya, allegedly employed as a doctor at the…