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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE PINEDA IBARRA, )

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Plaintiff, )

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MR. JOHN DOE (WALLACE), et )

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Defendant. )

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No. CV-F-07-145 OWW

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Doc. 20)

On January 26, 2007, Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding

in pro per, filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Defendants were "Mr. John Doe (Wallace)" and "John Doe" sued as

"Chief [sic] of State Insurance". John Doe (Wallace) was alleged

to have acted under color of state law "[f]or wrongful Judgment

and Denying me my Medical Care and Full Treatment, Etc. and

Paid." John Doe, Chief of State Insurance was alleged to have

acted under color of state law "under Temporary disability Checks

without Maintaining a Profession Position Treatment." The

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Complaint alleged that Plaintiff was employed as a general

laborer on September 19, 2003 at 3202 Denver Avenue, Merced,

California, alleged to be "THE WALLACE INC APARTMENTS", that

Plaintiff injured his finger while installing carpet, that Mr.

Wallace was negligent in employing Plaintiff to install the

carpet instead of hiring a carpet installation company, that

Plaintiff cannot use his "main fingers" anymore, and that "Mr.

Wallace wanted to temporary benefits me and my well-beingi [sic]

of my future Jobs, and resume." The Complaint alleged a

violation of Plaintiff's "eighth amendment Right To be have

Personal Safety." With regard to the Chief of State Insurance,

the Complaint alleged that "the Insurance company fund INC. Is

responsible for my future emotional health injury and medical

technician and receive Treatments", and that the Chief of State

Insurance violated Plaintiff's rights under the Eighth Amendment

"for not maintaining all of my medical needs' On/Or after the

fact and denying me a no limit benefits and more Disability

Check." 

The Magistrate Judge recommended that the Complaint be

dismissed with prejudice pursuant to the screening required by 28

U.S.C. § 1915A(b) because no state action by Defendant Wallace

was alleged and because Plaintiff could not state a claim for

relief under the Eighth Amendment.

Plaintiff timely filed objections to the recommendation. In

his objections, Plaintiff requested leave to file an Amended

Complaint, contending, inter alia, that the Chief of State

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Insurance "fail to maintaining all my medical need after my

incarceration." Plaintiff contended:

On December 02, 2004 the Defendant INSURANCE

INC. informe that the temporary disability

checks will be supended, including, they

block my benefits, the right to have adequate

medical attention from a Private Doctor paid

by them and Some Others Workers Comp.

Benefits described in the 'Pamphlet,' after

my incarceration the Defendant refuse to

provide me with appropriate medical health

care from a private doctor, not one from CDC,

the CDC does not have suvuaocal attention

lake the treatment for my hand I like

Stellate Ganglion block or any other. 

CDC CCR 15 Say that if any one that have

insurance or resource, than he can have.

It is why I believe that the Defendant

violated my rights when I was request to Them

but the refuse to answer. I have the rights

to adequate medical sugical Hospital, and

other remedial treatment as is requisite to

cure and relieve from the effects of such

injury. [SIC]

By Order filed on October 2, 2007, the Findings and

Recommendation were adopted and Plaintiff’s action dismissed with

prejudice.

On October 10, 2007, Plaintiff filed a motion for

reconsideration to file an amended complaint. Plaintiff again

requests leave to file an amended complaint and requests

“permission to change some paragraph of Original Complaint.” 

Plaintiff cannot state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

against his employer for damages resulting from his work-related

injury in 2003. Plaintiff cannot allege facts that his employer

was acting under color of state law when Plaintiff sustained his

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injury. With regard to the proposed allegations that the Chief

of the State Insurance Fund refused to provide Plaintiff with

appropriate care from a private physician after his

incarceration, Plaintiff has no right to such care. Although 15

CCR §§ 1206 and 3354 allow a request to the prison authorities 

for consultation with private physicians, there is nothing in the

regulations entitling Plaintiff to such care. See also McCracken

v. Jones, 562 F.2d 22 (10 Cir.1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 509 th

(1978)(refusal of prison warden to allow prisoner to visit his

own physician was within warden’s discretion where two prison

doctors had examined the inmate and found no need for surgery). 

Consequently, further amendment of the Complaint will be futile

and leave to amend is appropriately denied on that ground. 

For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff’s motion for

reconsideration to file an amended complaint is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 17, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

668554 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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