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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHERMAN D. MANNING, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

M. BUNNELL, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-02440 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se on a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. In a letter filed on March 6, 2015, plaintiff indicates that he “feel[s] like committing 

suicide” and is “extremely close to giving up.” ECF No. 219.1 Although his statements are 

rambling and may be histrionic, the court cannot ignore such statements. 

Plaintiff has also filed several letters in which he alleges that correctional officers have 

physically and sexually assaulted him (ECF Nos. 213, 214, 218) and deliberately withheld, 

destroyed, or stolen his legal property (ECF Nos. 211-213) to encourage him to drop this lawsuit. 

The court will direct the Attorney General’s Office to investigate these allegations and report to 

the court on its findings. 

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 Entered in case docket on March 9, 2015. 

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Plaintiff additionally alleges that defendant Stratton, specifically, is harassing him. ECF 

Nos. 195, 196, 198, 200, 211. Plaintiff alleges that Stratton has (1) forced him to stop taking his 

medications for his valley fever (ECF Nos. 195, 198); (2) threatened to have him assaulted by 

other inmates (ECF No. 196, 200); (3) is interfering with his non-legal mail (ECF No. 200); and 

(4) orchestrated his transfer to administrative segregation (ECF No. 211). The court will require a 

response from defendant Stratton regarding plaintiff’s allegations against him. 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that: 

1. The Office of the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General Kelli Hammond 

shall forthwith take any steps necessary to contact prison authorities and staff at California 

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility to ascertain plaintiff’s condition in light of his apparent 

suicide threat and, within seven (7) days, file a status report with the court. 

 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to fax a copy of this order to the Litigation 

Coordinator at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility. 

3. The Office of the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General Kelli Hammond are 

further directed to investigate and report to the court regarding plaintiff’s allegations that 

correctional officers have physically and sexually assaulted him (ECF Nos. 213, 214, 218) and 

deliberately delayed, destroyed, or stolen his legal property (ECF Nos. 211-213) within fourteen 

days of the filing of this order. 

 4. Defendant Stratton is directed to provide a response to plaintiff’s allegations, as 

identified above, within fourteen days of the filing of this order. 

DATED: March 11, 2015 

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