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OPINION & ORDER   Plaintiff Keith Hall (“Plaintiff”), a pro se litigant incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility (“Sing Sing”) and proceeding in forma pauperis, commenced this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Central Office Medical Department (“Central Office Medical Department”), the Medical Department at Sing Sing Correctional Facility (“Sing Sing Medical Department”), Dr. Felix Ezekwe, Medical Provider at Sing Sing (“Ezekwe”), Ms. Rasia Ferdous, Medical Director at Sing Sing (“Ferdous”), and F.M.D. Dana Gage, Central Office Medical Department (“Gage”), on July 31, 2018. (See ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff alleges violations of his rights under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution arising from Defendants’ failure to provide adequate medical care for a condition involving Plaintiff’s prosthetic eye. By Order dated November 2, 2018, the Court dismissed all claims against the Central Office Medical Department and the Sing Sing Medical Department on Eleventh Amendment grounds. (ECF No. 6.) Presently before the Court is the motion of Ezekwe, Ferdous, and Gage (collectively, “Defendants”) to dismiss the remaining claims against them in their entirety pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). (ECF No. 17.) Plaintiff does not oppose the motion. (ECF No. 19.) For the following reasons, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED. BACKGROUND I. Factual Allegations The following facts are derived from the Complaint1 or matters of which the Court may take judicial notice and are taken as true and constructed in the light most favorable to pro se Plaintiff for the purposes of this motion. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009); Nicosia v. Amazon.com, Inc., 834 F.3d 220, 230 (2d Cir. 2016). Plaintiff is a prisoner in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and at all relevant times was incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. (Compl. (ECF No. 2) 3.) Plaintiff states that on November 10, 2015, he told his medical provider at Sing Sing, Ezekwe, that his prosthetic eye was not fitting correctly. (Id.

4, 9.) Plaintiff complained of discharge and secretions coming from his eye. (Id. 9.) At night, while Plaintiff slept, his prosthetic eye would fall out. (Id.) Throughout the day, Plaintiff frequently had to reposition his eye and carry tissues to clean the discharge. (Id.) On November 25, 2015, Ezekwe referred Plaintiff to nonparty Dr. Wandeb Charles at the Ophthalmology Department at Fishkill Correctional Facility. (Id.

 
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