Barroca

BACKGROUND

20 Plaintiff, a federal prisoner currently incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution 21 Beckley, in Beaver, West Virginia (“FCI Beckley”), alleges that medical professionals 22 employed at the Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) have provided him with negligent medical 23 care at various federal prisons. 24 In particular, plaintiff alleges that, in 2009 at a federal prison in Terre Haute, 25 26 1 On September 27, 2019, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for 27 determination on the parties’ respective written submissions and vacated the hearing Indiana (“FCI Terre Haute”), he received negligent treatment, specifically, a failure to perform recommended surgery for “severe popping, grinding, decreased range of motion, and severe pain in his right elbow” (see First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) ¶ 6). Plaintiff further alleges such failure to provide surgery continued after his transfer, in May 2012, to a federal prison in Lompoc, California (“USP Lompoc”), his transfer, in September 2014, to a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas (“USP Leavenworth”), his transfer, in March 2017, to a federal prison in Victorville, California (“FCI Victorville”),…