Furnace

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 EDWARD T. FURNACE, No. C 19-7495 WHA (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT; STAYING

v. AND REFERRING CASE TO

PRISONER MEDIATION PROJECT

C. EMERSON; B. WOODS, Defendants. / (ECF No. 21) 14 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two officials who worked at Pelican Bay State Prison. He claims that Defendants C. Emerson and B. Woods failed to adequately treat a painful tooth that was causing him “excruciating” pain when he ate hot or cold food. Defendants filed a motion for summary judgment, plaintiff filed an opposition, and defendants filed a reply brief. For the reasons explained below, the motion for summary judgment is DENIED. STATEMENT Plaintiff claims that defendants did not adequately address a cracked filling in his tooth #15, which caused him to suffer pain for…