Rangel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JONATHAN RANGEL, Case No. 21-cv-00278-JSC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS; DENYING MOTION TO

v. COMPEL; SCHEDULING SUMMARY

JUDGMENT MOTION BRIEFING

V. WILLIAMS, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 26, 42 Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding without representation by a lawyer, filed this civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. ' 1983 against officials at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”) for failing to provide adequate medical care for his broken finger. The Court found the Complaint, when liberally construed, stated cognizable claims for relief against Defendants under the Eighth Amendment. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s claim against Defendant G. R. Padilla under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the grounds that Padilla did not know about Plaintiff’s injury until it was properly treated. Plaintiff filed an …