Reyes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GERARDO REYES, Case No. 17-cv-05563-WHO (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KARIM RASHEED, et al., Dkt. No. 35 Defendants.

12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Gerardo Reyes alleges in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit that medical staff at CTF-Soledad provided constitutionally inadequate medical care for his eyes, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. He asserts that medical staff botched his cataract surgery and misaligned his right lens, resulting in continued eye pain and headaches. Defendants disagree that treatment was inadequate, deny that his lens is misaligned, and move for summary judgment. The undisputed record shows defendants provided Reyes with constitutionally adequate medical care. Reyes’s eye condition was investigated, diagnosed, and treated with surgery, new prescription lenses, over-the-counter pain medication, artificial tears, and repeated examinations that were…