Carroll
Carroll v. California Department of Corrections
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 ABONILICO CARROLL, Case No.: 19-cv-2126-BAS-KSC
14 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION FOR ORDER
APPOINTING EXPERT WITNESS
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS, et al., [Doc. No. 74] Defendants.
19 Plaintiff Abonilico Carroll is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Doc. No. 1. Before the Court plaintiff’s Motion for Order Appointing Expert Witness (the “Motion”). Doc. No. 74. Defendants oppose the Motion. Doc. No. 78. Having considered the parties’ arguments and the applicable law, and for the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s Motion is DENIED. As set forth in the operative complaint, plaintiff alleges that defendants failed to protect him when they required him to walk up stairs to his bunk after he was recovering from surgery, despite a recommendation from his surgical team that he would need to remain in a…