Reyes
Reyes v. Chief Medical Officer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEO ANTHONY REYES, Case No. 20-CV-1445 JLS (JLB)
CDCR #F-61110,
ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL
Plaintiff, ACTION PURSUANT TO v. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) AND 14 1915A(b) AND FOR FAILING
TO PROSECUTE IN COMPLIANCE
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER; S. GATES, WITH COURT ORDER
16 Chief Medical Officer; and E. ESTOCK, REQUIRING AMENDMENT Doctor for Facility D, Defendants. 19 Plaintiff Leo Anthony Reyes, while incarcerated at Calipatria State Prison (“CAL”) and proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). Plaintiff’s Complaint claimed Defendants violated Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment rights by denying him adequate and timely medical care for knee pain he first reported in June 2019. Id. at 3‒4, 8‒9. On October 26, 2020, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) but dismissed…