Moore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 19CV2406-DMS (BLM) ROBERT MOORE,

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT

v. [ECF No. 14] JOE LANKFORD, MERCEDES ARELLANO, R.

BUCKEL, AND DAVID STROMSKI,

15 Defendants. 16 17 18 The instant matter was initiated on December 16, 2019 when Plaintiff, an inmate proceeding and , filed a complaint under the Civil Rights Act 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1; see also ECF No. 6 (order granting Plaintiff’s motion to proceed ). On May 12, 2020, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss. ECF No. 11. Defendants move to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint on the grounds that “Plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies prior to filing suit, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a)” and “for failure to state an Eighth Amendment claim upon which relief may be granted.” Id. at 2. That same day, the Court issued an order setting briefing schedule requiring Plaintiff…