Joseph
Joseph v. Clayton
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALONZO JOSEPH, Case No. 3:19-cv-2139-GPC-RBM
CDCR #K-62045,
ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL
Plaintiff, ACTION PURSUANT vs. TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) AND 14 § 1915A(b) AND FOR FAILING
TO PROSECUTE IN COMPLIANCE Dr. DAVID CLAYTON, M.D., WITH COURT ORDER 16 Defendant. REQUIRING AMENDMENT 17 18 Plaintiff Alonzo Joseph, proceeding pro se, currently incarcerated at California State Prison‒Sacramento, filed a civil complaint against Dr. David Clayton, a medical doctor employed at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, CA. (Dkt. No. 1-3, Compl. at 2‒5.) He alleges Dr. Clayton’s decision in 2018 to discontinue Tramadol in favor of non-narcotic pain relievers caused him severe pain and invoked the Eighth Amendment. (Id. at 6-8.) He claims that Dr. Clayton cut him off from his pain medication without any penological reason. (Id.) Joseph further alleges Dr. Clayton 26 …