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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA John Wesley WILLIAMS, Case No.: 22-cv-1667-AGS-MMP Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

SEVER (ECF 15), DISMISSING

v.

COUNT 1 WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

B. BELTRAN, et al., AND TERMINATING DEFENDANTS

BAILIS AND BOWEN

Defendants. 8 Defendant prison doctors claim that the inmate plaintiff here has inappropriately joined two separate medical events into a single lawsuit. For his part, plaintiff argues that both his claims arise from the same mental-illness problems and treatment. Because his claims are insufficiently related to justify joining them into a single lawsuit, defendants’ motion must be granted. BACKGROUND In his amended complaint, plaintiff John Williams claims a history of mental illness and self-harm. He brings two counts against two separate sets of defendants.1 In Count 1, Williams alleges he was “admitted” to “a mental health crisis bed” in February 2022 “due to danger to [him]self and plan…