Ogbechie
Ogbechie v. Covarrubias
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 LAWRENCE OGBECHIE, Case No. 5:18-cv-00121-EJD
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DENY
COSTS
v.
R COVARRUBIAS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 76 Defendants.
13 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Lawrence Ogbechie’s motion for an order denying costs to Defendants Officer R. Covarrubias, Correctional Sergeant P. Soto, Correctional Captain M. Thomas, and Associate Warden N. Walker. Dkt. No. 76. The Court finds this motion suitable for consideration without oral argument. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). Having considered the parties’ briefs, the relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion I. BACKGROUND Factual Background Plaintiff, an experienced psychiatrist, began working at Salinas Valley State Prison as a contract medical provider in March 2017 providing psychiatric services at the prison’s Correctional Treatment Center (“CTC”). Pl’s Mot. for Order…