Kerns v. California Department of Corrections

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JAMES R. KERNS, Case No. 22-cv-06979-PCP 8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 9 v. SUMMARY JUDGMENT 10 Y. CUEVAS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 24 Defendants. 11 12 13 James Kerns, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint 14 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Mr. Kerns alleges that defendants Cuevas and Jones failed to 15 adequately separate inmates during medical appointments, and that this negligence caused Mr. 16 Kerns to suffer a beating from another inmate. 17 Defendants have moved for…