(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 GONZALEZ, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-1467 JLT BAM ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS, GRANTING 13 v. ) DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS, AND ) DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO 14 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ) CLOSE THE CASE

CORRECTIONS AND )

15 REHABILITATION, et al., ) (Docs. 42, 48) ) 16 Defendants. ) ) 17 )

18 Giovanni Gonzalez seeks to hold the defendants liable for violations of his civil rights pursuant 19 to the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, asserting the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his 20 serious medical needs and discriminated against Plaintiff based upon his status as a transgender male. 21 (See generally Doc. 12.) Defendants moved to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules 22 of Civil Procedure, asserting that “Plaintiff’s claims for injunctive and declaratory relief—the only 23 relief sought in this…