Orcasitas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOE TOMAS ORCASITAS, JR., Case No. 21-cv-143-MMA (RBB)

CDCR #J-36909,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

Plaintiff, MOTION FOR SUMMARY vs. JUDGMENT; AND

[Doc. No. 41]

DOCTOR KO, M.D.,

Defendant. DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

18 [Doc. No. 38] 19 20 Joe Tomas Orcasitas, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), a California inmate proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting that Dr. Ko (“Defendant” or “Dr. Ko”) violated his Eighth Amendment right to adequate medical care. See Doc. No. 1. Defendant now moves for summary judgment. See Doc. No. 41. Plaintiff filed an opposition, to which Defendant replied. Doc. Nos. 49, 52. The Court took the matter under submission without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1.d.1 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 78(b). For the reasons set forth below, the…