Silverman
Silverman v. Christian
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JACOB SILVERMAN,
Case No. 20-05136 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO v. DISMISS
DUANE CHRISTIAN, et al.,
Defendants.
(Docket No. 17)
17 Plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against jail officers and medical personnel at the Humboldt County Correctional Facility (“HCCF”) where he was formerly housed. Dkt. No. 1. The Court found the complaint stated a cognizable claim under the Fourteenth Amendment for the deprivation of medical care. Dkt. No. 6 at 2. The Court ordered the matter served on Defendants Captain Duane Christian, Lt. Dean Flint, Iver Lein, Nurse Barnheart, Lt. Jason Benge, and Dr. Ziegler. Id. at 3. Defendants Flint, Benge, and Christian have filed a motion to dismiss under Federal
1 The Court dismissed HCCF as a defendant because Plaintiff…