Souza
Souza v. Dr. Vaid
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 RICHARD Z. SOUZA, Case No. 21-cv-08893-PCP
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
9 v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT
10 VAID, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 24 Defendants. 11
12 13 Richard Souza, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint 14 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Mr. Souza alleges that defendants Dr. Vaid and Nurse Flores were 15 deliberately indifferent to Mr. Souza’s serious medical needs by over-prescribing the antibiotic 16 Keflex before and after Mr. Souza contracted a Clostridium Difficile (“C. diff”) infection. 17 Defendants have moved for summary judgment. Dkt. No. 24 (“MSJ”). Although given the 18 opportunity, Mr. Souza did not file an opposition. 19 For the reasons stated below, Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. 20 I. BACKGROUND 21 The following facts are undisputed unless otherwise indicated. 22 At all relevant times, Mr. Souza was incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”).…