Price

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHILLIP PATINO, Case No. 1:24-cv-00240-SAB-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. MANDATE

BRANDON PRICE, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT

Respondent. JUDGE

15 On February 26, 2024, Petitioner, a civil detainee, filed the instant petition for writ of mandate, naming the Executive Director, dental department personnel, and other employees of Coalinga State Hospital as Respondents. (ECF No. 1 at 1–2.1) Petitioner complains of his dental care (or lack thereof) and alleges elder abuse. (Id. at 2–3.) Petitioner requests the Court to order an independent dentist/oral surgeon, who is not affiliated nor contracted with Coalinga State Hospital, be retained to consult, examine, and render treatment to Petitioner. (Id. at 4.) The Supreme Court has “repeatedly has observed that the writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy, to be reserved for extraordinary…