Chau

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PAUL J. TOMASINI, No. 2:18-cv-00286 DAD AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 JAMES CHAU, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is proceeding on plaintiff’s second amended complaint against 19 defendants Chau, Jackson, Smith, and Ashby for Eighth Amendment claims of deliberate 20 indifference to plaintiff’s serious medical needs between 2015 and 2017. ECF No. 16 (screening 21 order). Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 74. Plaintiff has filed 22 an opposition, ECF No. 76, and defendants have filed a reply. ECF No. 77. For the reasons that 23 follow, the undersigned recommends that the motion for summary judgment be granted. 24 ///// 25 ///// 26 ///// 27 ///// 28 ///// 1 I. Allegations in the Unverified Second Amended Complaint1 2 While plaintiff was a prisoner at Mule Creek State…