Zambrano

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JUAN CARLOS ZAMBRANO, Case No. 19-cv-03332-HSG

8 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANT

ELISE WILLIAMS

9 v.

10 ERIC GOLDING, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 13 On June 12, 2019, plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), filed the 14 instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 27, 2019, the Court 15 found that the amended complaint stated a cognizable Eighth Amendment claim against RN Amy 16 Olsen, PA Laurie Thomas, RN Jasmine Yang, Dr. Elise Williams, CNA Kathrine Blakeley, RN 17 John Kim, RN Rhoda Nasr, PA Devinder Kumar and RN Eric Golding. Dkt. No. 16. The Court 18 ordered the Clerk to issue summons, and the United States Marshal to serve, these defendants. 19 Dkt. No. 16. 20 On March 4, 2020, the United States Marshal filed with the Court the unexecuted 21 summons for Dr. Williams, stating that service upon Dr. Williams was unsuccessful because she is 22 deceased. Dkt. No. 30. A party cannot sue a dead person, or…