Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_06-cv-00122/USCOURTS-caed-2_06-cv-00122-4/pdf.json

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

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ADONAI EL-SHADDAI aka WILKERSON,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-0122 DFL CMK P

vs.

JEANNE WOODFORD, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

 /

Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action. Three recent court orders

served on plaintiff by mail were returned as undeliverable “Name and CDC Number Do Not

Match.” After counsel for defendants brought to the court’s attention that plaintiff had filed this

lawsuit under a name which differs from his legal name, the court filed an order directing reservice on plaintiff using the name Adonai El-Shaddai AKA Wilkernson. (Doc. 12.) The orders

served using this name were also returned as undeliverable “Name and CDC Number Do Not

Match.”

On April 12, 2006, plaintiff filed a motion seeking a court order to recognize his

legal name change and to deliver all legal mail in his new name, Adonai El-Shaddai. In support

of his motion, plaintiff includes a declaration of “legal” name change based upon his religious

beliefs. Plaintiff also states that he was born “James Ray Wilkerson.” 

Case 2:06-cv-00122-RRB-CMK Document 15 Filed 04/20/06 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

The court notes that in his April 12, 2006 motion plaintiff references language contained

1

in the court’s March 27, 2006 order (doc. 11), which indicates that plaintiff has received at least

some of his legal mail. However, in an abundance of caution, the court will order re-service of 

documents seven and eleven on plaintiff. 

2

While the court does not dispute plaintiff’s religious beliefs, his declaration does

not constitute a legal name change for purposes of mail delivery within the Department of

Corrections. The court declines to grant plaintiff’s motion for an order recognizing plaintiff’s

name change. 

The court also notes that it erroneously believed that plaintiff’s last name was

“Wilkernson” instead of “Wilkerson. In order to ensure that court orders served on plaintiff by

mail are delivered to him, the court will order that mail is addressed to plaintiff in the following

manner: Andonai El-Shaddai AKA Wilkerson.1

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s “Motion for Order to Recognize Legal Name Change and Deliver

all Legal Mail in New Name” (doc. 14) is denied;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to reserve the court’s February 2, 2006 (doc.

7) order and the court’s March 27, 2006 order (doc. 11) on plaintiff at the following address:

Andonai El-Shaddai AKA Wilkerson, C-08082

High Desert State Prison

P.O. Box 3030

Fac-A

Susanville, CA 96127

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to change the caption of this case to reflect

that plaintiff is proceeding as Andonai El-Shaddai AKA Wilkerson. 

DATED: April 19, 2006.

______________________________________

CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 2:06-cv-00122-RRB-CMK Document 15 Filed 04/20/06 Page 2 of 2