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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MELVIN LEE WILSON,

Plaintiff, 2:04-cv-0478-GEB-GGH-P

vs.

SCOTT KERNAN, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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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 General Order No. 262.

On January 10, 2006, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations

herein 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 twenty days. Plaintiff

has filed objections to the findings and recommendations.

The magistrate judge recommended that defendants’s summary judgment be

denied but that defendant be granted summary judgment sua sponte on an alternative ground

raised by the court. In particular, the magistrate judge recommended that defendant Bueno be

granted summary judgment sua sponte on grounds that plaintiff had presented no evidence that

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she acted with deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The magistrate judge found

that plaintiff had presented no evidence that defendant Bueno knew that he was suffering from a

serious medical problem related to heat exposure.

In his objections, plaintiff states that he asked defendant Bueno more than ten

times to be taken in from the heat. Plaintiff also states that he told defendant Bueno that he had a

serious life threatening condition that was exacerbated by heat exposure.

Based on the information contained in plaintiff’s objections, the court finds that

defendant Bueno is not entitled to summary judgment sua sponte for the reasons stated in the

findings and recommendations. Whether defendant Bueno acted with deliberate indifference to

plaintiff’s serious medical needs is a disputed material fact.

The recommendation that defendant’s summary judgment motion be denied is

supported by the record and by the magistrate judge’s analysis.

Lastly, Plaintiff has not shown he is entitled to an injunction.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The findings and recommendations filed January 10, 2006, are adopted in part,

as stated above; 

2. Defendant’s October 7, 2005, summary judgment motion is denied;

3. Plaintiff’s October 5, 2005, motion for injunctive relief is denied.

Dated: September 12, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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