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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRIAN CAPUTO,

Plaintiff,

v.

KERN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE,

Defendant.

1:15-cv-01008-EPG (PC)

ORDER REQUIRING RESPONSE FROM THE 

KERN COUNTY SHERRIFF’S OFFICE 

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

RELIEF OF MEDICAL NEGLECT, MEDICAL 

NEGLIGENCE, AND MEDICAL ABUSE

(ECF NO. 8)

14-DAY DEADLINE

Brian Caputo (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 

civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint 

on September 19, 2016. The First Amended Complaint has not yet been screened, and at this 

time the Court is not making any determination regarding the viability of Plaintiff’s complaint. 

On September 19, 2016, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Relief of Medical Neglect, Medical 

Negligence, and Medical Abuse (“the Motion”). (ECF No. 8). The Court construes the Motion 

as a motion for preliminary injunctive relief. 

According to the Motion, Plaintiff is presently incarcerated at the Kern County Jail in 

Bakersfield, California. He had to be rushed to the Kern Medical Center on July 7, 2016. He was 

told by the neurologist that “the veins/blood vessals [sic] in my brain flaired [sic] up three times 

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their normal size, and to follow up within one week.” However, his next appointment was 

scheduled for November of 2016. He has allegedly not been getting any form of medical 

treatment, and his medical needs have been neglected for “so long.”

Because the Motion did not provide enough information, the Court ordered Plaintiff to 

provide additional information. (ECF No. 10). On September 29, 2016, Plaintiff filed a response 

to the Court’s order, as well as supporting evidence. (ECF Nos. 12 & 13).

While the First Amended Complaint has not yet been screened, in light of Plaintiff’s 

representation that he has an urgent medical need, the Court requires a response from the Kern 

County Sherriff’s Office. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within fourteen (14) days from the date of service of this order, the Kern County 

Sherriff’s Office is to file a response to the Motion to address, to the extent able, 

Plaintiff’s representation that he is in urgent need of medical attention, which 

has been unaddressed; and

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve the Kern County Sherriff’s Office with:

a. A copy of this order;

b. A copy of the Motion (ECF No. 8);

c. A copy of Plaintiff’s response to the Court’s order docketed on September 23, 

2016 (ECF No. 12); and

d. A copy of Plaintiff’s evidence in support of his response to the Court’s order 

docketed on September 23, 2016 (ECF No. 13).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 6, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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