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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

CORRECTIONS AND )

REHABILITATION, et al., ) (Docs. 42, 48) ) Defendants. ) ) )

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