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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GARY R. XAVIER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

S.M. ROCHE, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:09-cv-0783 KJM CKD P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief 

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 

 On July 11, 2016, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations, which were 

served on all parties and which contained notice to all parties that any objections to the findings 

and recommendations were to be filed within fourteen days. Plaintiff has filed 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 

court has conducted a de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the file, the court 

finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper analysis. 

The court writes separately to address plaintiff’s objection that defendant Friend violated 

plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment rights by failing to take any immediate action to alleviate 

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plaintiff’s pain and instead directed him to continue the pain medication ordered by defendant 

Weaver and ordered him returned to his “cell in a lock-down unit.” ECF No. 125 at 4. 

 To defeat defendant Friend’s motion for summary judgment, plaintiff was required to 

present evidence, sufficient to raise a triable issue of material fact, that defendant Friend’s acts 

and omissions were “medically unacceptable under the circumstances” and that defendant Friend 

“chose this course in conscious disregard of an excessive risk to plaintiff’s health.” Jackson v. 

McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 331 (9th Cir. 1996) (internal citations omitted). The evidence presented 

by plaintiff does not meet this burden. After de novo review, the court finds no evidence that the 

alleged acts and omissions by defendant Friend were the product of deliberate indifference to 

plaintiff’s serious medical needs. For this additional reason, defendant Friend’s motion for 

summary judgment will be granted. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The findings and recommendations filed July 11, 2016, are adopted in full; and 

 2. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 114) is granted as to defendant 

Friend and denied as to defendant Weaver. 

DATED: September 22, 2016. 

2/xavi0783.805 

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