Dowdy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VERNON DOWDY,

Case No. 5:21-cv-05609 EJD (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

REGISTERED NURSE NAM, et al., Defendants. (Docket No. 32) 12 13 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials at the Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”). Dkt. No. 1. The Court found the complaint stated cognizable claims against SVSP nurses Nam Tran, Frances Ssempebwa,2 and P. Guillen3 for violation of Plaintiff’s constitutional right to adequate medical care under the Eighth Amendment. Dkt. No. 8 at 2. The Court ordered service of the complaint on Defendants and ordered Defendants to file a motion for summary judgment or other dispositive motion. Id. at 3. Before Defendants filed their motion for summary judgment, Plaintiff’s claim against nurse Tran was…