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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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Plaintiff’s Request for an extension of time to file an opposition to the Report and Recommendation

will be addressed by United States District Judge M. James Lorenz.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROY T. MARSHALL, Civil No. 04cv403 L (WMc)

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION [Doc. No.

vs. 123.]

SGT. RAIN, et al.,

Respondent.

I.

INTRODUCTION

Roy Marshall (“Plaintiff”), a California state prisoner at California Medical Facility, is

proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging his Eighth

Amendment rights were violated by prison officials at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility

(“Donovan”) in San Diego, California. 

II.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 1, 2008, Plaintiff filed a motion for: (1) preliminary injunction and (2) extension of

time to file an opposition to the Report and Recommendation.1

 [Doc. No. 123.] On May 6, 2008,

Defendants filed an opposition to Plaintiff’s preliminary injunction motion. [Doc. No. 124.]

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III. ARGUMENTS

1. Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Plaintiff asserts in his motion that the California Medical Facility and its librarian have failed

to provide him with adequate library access. (Plaintiff’s Mtn at 1:19-23.) Plaintiff contends that two

hours of library access a week is insufficient to prepare legal briefs. (Id. at 1:27-2:2.) Plaintiff

requests this Court order the California Medical Facility to grant him “10 days of continual law library

access, from Monday through Friday, for two hour’s [sic] each day or that plaintiff, be granted 20

hours of access to the law library within those 10 day’s [sic].” (Id. at 2:11-15.)

2. Defendants’ Opposition to the Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Defendants argue that as a non-party to the instant civil rights lawsuit, the Court lacks the

authority to issue a preliminary injunction against the California Medical Facility and its librarian.

(Defendant’s Opp’n at 3:1-11.) Defendants do not, however, oppose an extension of time for Plaintiff

to file his objection to the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. (Id. at 3:12-14.) 

IV. DISCUSSION

As the Ninth Circuit has noted, “[a] federal court may issue an injunction if it has personal

jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter jurisdiction over the claim; it may not attempt to

determine the rights of persons not before the court. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d),

an injunction binds only the ‘parties to the action, their officers, agents, servants, employees, and

attorneys’ . . . .” Zepeda v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, 753 F.2d 719, 727

(9th Cir. 1984) (emphasis added); Fed. R. Civ P. 65(d)(2). Here, California Medical Facility is not a

party to the instant suit, nor is it an officer, agent, servant, employee, or attorney of the Defendants.

The Court has no authority to issue a preliminary injunction ordering non-parties, the California

Medical Facility or its librarian, to provide Plaintiff with alternate or increased library access.

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction is DENIED.

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V.

CONCLUSION

For all the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 15, 2008

Hon. William McCurine, Jr.

U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court

Copies to:

HONORABLE M. JAMES LORENZ, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD

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