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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS GOOLSBY,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

MATTHEW CATE, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:13-cv-00119-AWI-EPG-PC

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF 

MOTION

(ECF No. 61.)

ORDER WITHDRAWING MOTION FOR 

COURT TO DECLARE PLAINTIFF A 

VEXATIOUS LITIGANT, REQUIRE 

PLAINTIFF TO POST SECURITY, AND 

ISSUE A PRE-FILING ORDER, FROM 

COURT’S CALENDAR, WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE

(ECF No. 46.)

Thomas Goolsby ("Plaintiff") is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action was filed on 

January 25, 2013. (ECF No. 1.) The case now proceeds with the Second Amended Complaint 

filed on June 6, 2014, on Plaintiff=s Eighth Amendment claims against defendants Warden 

Kimberly Holland, Warden Michael Stainer, and Captain J. Lundy, for denial of adequate 

outdoor exercise time; and defendants Captain J. Lundy, Sergeant S. Foster, Plumlee

(Maintenance Supervisor), Warden Kimberly Holland, Correctional Officer Jordon, and 

Correctional Officer Uribe, for deliberate indifference to unsanitary and unsafe conditions.1 

(ECF No. 34.) 

 

1 On March 24, 2015, the Court issued an order dismissing all other claims and defendants from 

this action, for Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim under § 1983. (ECF No. 36.)

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On December 3, 2015, defendants Foster, Plumlee, Holland, Jordon, Stainer, and Uribe 

(“Defendants”) filed a Notice of Withdrawal, seeking to withdraw, without prejudice, their 

Motion for Court to Declare Plaintiff a Vexatious Litigant, Require Plaintiff to Post Security, 

and Issue a Pre-Filing Order, which was filed by Defendants on July 23, 2015. (ECF No. 61.) 

The Court finds no evidence of bad faith by Defendants, or prejudice to Plaintiff, in withdrawal 

of the motion. Therefore, Defendants’ request shall be granted.

Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendants’ request for withdrawal, filed on December 3, 2015, is GRANTED; 

and

2. Defendants’ Motion for Court to Declare Plaintiff a Vexatious Litigant, Require 

Plaintiff to Post Security, and Issue a Pre-Filing Order, filed by Defendants on 

July 23, 2015, is WITHDRAWN from the Court’s calendar, without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 10, 2015 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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