Chau

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAMON WILLIAMS, Case No.: 3:17-cv-00517-CAB-KSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR

v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT [Doc. No. 45] J. CHAU, et al., Defendants. 16 On October 14, 2019 Defendant J. Chau, M.D., filed a motion for summary judgment. [Doc. No. 45.] On January 10, 2020, Plaintiff filed an opposition. [Doc. No. 54.] On February 21, 2020, Defendant filed a reply to the opposition. [Doc. No. 58.] For the reasons set forth below, the motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff alleges that Dr. Chau violated the Eighth Amendment through deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s serious medical need. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that Dr. Chau refused to issue him a lower bunk chrono in prison despite Plaintiff’s medical need. Plaintiff further alleges that he fell off his bunk and fractured his big toe on August 3, 2015, because of this…