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B. WOLFLEY, ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
Plaintiff Donald Gilbert ("Plaintiff") is a prisoner in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"). Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff's first amended complaint against Defendants Erhman, Vilaysane, Phi, and Diep for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need in violation of the Eighth Amendment.*fn1 On July 22, 2011, Defendants Vilaysane and Ehrman filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Defs.' Mot. Dismiss, Doc. 37. On November 14, 2011, Plaintiff filed his opposition. Pl.'s Opp'n, Doc. 44. On November 21, 2011, Defendants filed their reply. Defs.' Reply, Doc. 45. The matter is submitted pursuant to Local Rule 230(l).
Plaintiff alleges that on February 11, 2008, at approximately 4:45 PM, Plaintiff worked in the facility C satellite kitchen, loading and unloading food and materials from the food services dock at the back dock of the kitchen. Pl.'s Am. Compl. 3, ¶ 1. Wolfley was talking to D. Anderson and not paying attention to what he was doing. Id. Wolfley jerked the door up, which hit the lock bar, causing the bar to swing forward and cut off the end of Plaintiff's finger. Id. There was no safety lock mechanism on the truck door to prevent the door from being accidentally closed. Id.
After Plaintiff's finger was severed, it took until 8:50 PM to transport Plaintiff to the Fresno hospital. Id. Plaintiff's finger was not placed in an ice cooler, as PVSP's medical staff negligently put the finger in the hot trunk of the transporting car. Id. Plaintiff's right index finger could not be reattached. Id.
The doctor at Fresno hospital prescribed vicodin for the severe pain Plaintiff suffered. Id. ¶ 23. However, medical staff at PVSP refused to issue Plaintiff the prescribed vicodin. Id. Plaintiff was in severe pain for several days and was given no adequate pain medication to control the level of pain. (Pl.'s Am. Compl. 10, ¶ 23.) Plaintiff alleges that he was seen by defendants Vilaysane, B. Phi, J. Diep, and H. Ehrman in their capacity as doctors. Id. ¶¶ 30-33.
"The focus of any Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal . . . is the complaint." Schneider v. California Dept. of Corr., 151 F.3d 1194, 1197 n.1 (9th Cir. 1998). In considering a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, the court must accept as true the allegations of the complaint in question, Hospital Bldg. Co. v. Rex Hospital Trustees, 425 U.S. 738, 740 (1976), construe the pleading in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion, and resolve all doubts in the pleader's favor. Jenkins v. McKeithen, 395 U.S. 411, 421 (1969). The federal system is one of notice pleading. Galbraith v. County of Santa Clara, 307 F.3d 1119, 1126 (9th Cir. 2002).
Pursuant to Rule 8(a), a complaint must contain "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief . . ." Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). Detailed factual allegations are not required, but "[t]hreadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 1949 (2009) (citing Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007)). Plaintiff must set forth "sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim that is plausible on its face.'" Id. (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555). While factual allegations are accepted as true, legal conclusions are not. Id.

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