(PC) Woodson v. Sahota et al, No. 2:2011cv01589 - Document 57 (E.D. Cal. 2016)

Court Description: ORDER signed by District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 8/5/16 adopting 47 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS and granting in part and denying in part 39 Motion for Summary Judgment. (Kaminski, H)

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(PC) Woodson v. Sahota et al Doc. 57 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MAURICE WOODSON, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 No. 2:11-cv-1589 MCE KJN P v. ORDER P. SAHOTA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief 18 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 19 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On February 26, 2016, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein 20 21 which were served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to 22 the findings and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Defendant has filed 23 objections to the findings and recommendations. In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Local Rule 304, this 24 25 court has conducted a de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the 26 court finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper 27 analysis. 28 ///// 1 Dockets.Justia.com 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. The findings and recommendations filed February 26, 2016, are adopted in full; and 3 2. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 39) is denied with respect to the 4 claim that defendant failed to prescribe pain medication that adequately managed plaintiff’s 5 chronic pain. In all other respects, defendant’s motion is granted. 6 7 Dated: August 5, 2016 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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