Jones v. Singh Gujral

Filing 38

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr. on 07/16/2018. Copy mailed to Plaintiff. (walk, )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

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JUL I 7 2018

Richmond Division

CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
niGHMOND. VA

GEORGE LEE JONES,
Plaintiff,
V.

Civil Action No.3:16CV19

DR.INDER JEET SINGH GUJRAL,
Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION

George Lee Jones, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se and informa pauperis, brings this

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.' Jones alleges that Defendant Dr. Inder Jeet Singh Gujral
("Defendant Gujral"), a physician at Sussex II State Prison, was deliberately indifferent to his

medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment.^ (Compl. 4, ECF No. 1.)^ By
Memorandum Order entered on September 5, 2017, the Court denied without prejudice

Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 31.) The matter is now before the Court
on the Defendant's Second Motion for Summary Judgment. ("Motion for Summary Judgment,"

'The statute provides, in pertinent part:
Every person who, under color ofany statute ... of any State ... subjects,
or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within

the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities
secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an
action at law....

42U.S.C. § 1983.

^ "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and
unusual punishments inflicted." U.S. Const, amend. VIII.

^ The Court employs the pagination assigned by the CM/ECF docketing system for
citations to Jones's submissions. The Court corrects the capitalization and punctuation from
Jones's submissions.