Maldonado

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUAN MALDONADO,

Case No. 21-cv-07780 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

v. JUDGMENT

14 J. ASHBY,

Defendant. (Docket No. 18)

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a physician at the Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”) in Soledad. Dkt. No. 1. The Court found the complaint stated a cognizable Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs against Defendant Dr. Jonathan Ashby. Dkt. No. 9 at 3. Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that Plaintiff cannot meet his burden of proving deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, Defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, and Plaintiff is not entitled to punitive damages. Dkt. No. 18. In support, Defendant filed declarations and 26 1 All page…