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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SALVADOR CERVANTES,

Plaintiff,

v.

OFFICER B. LINDSEY,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:16-cv-00343-LJO-BAM

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE 

COURT TO ADMINISTRATIVELY 

REDESIGNATE CASE AS A PRISONER 

ACTION

ORDER VACATING ASSIGNMENT TO 

DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER VACATING INITIAL 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

ORDER VACATING JUNE 24, 2016 

HEARING DATE

Plaintiff Salvador Cervantes filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 

against Defendant Officer B. Lindsey. The action was administratively designated as a regular 

civil action. Shortly thereafter, Plaintiff, through his counsel, consented to magistrate judge 

jurisdiction. (ECF No. 6.)

On May 23, 2016, Defendant filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s complaint. (ECF No. 8.) 

Defendant also noticed a hearing on the motion to dismiss for June 24, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., before 

the undersigned. 

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The Court has reviewed the complaint and determined that the present action involves a 

prisoner litigating the conditions of his confinement. Consequently, the administrative designation 

should reflect this, and this matter should proceed according to the rules governing actions 

involving a prisoner litigating the conditions of his confinement. This includes Local Rule 230(l) 

on motions in prisoner actions.1Thus, the motion to dismiss shall be submitted upon the record 

without oral argument. This matter is also excepted from the mandatory scheduling conference 

requirement, pursuant to Local Rule 240(c)(8).

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. The Clerk of the Court SHALL change the administrative designation of the present 

case to reflect that of a prisoner litigating the conditions of his confinement;

2. The assignment of this matter to a District Judge is VACATED;

3. The Clerk of the Court SHALL designate the case number in this action as follows: 

Case No. 1:16-cv-00343-BAM (PC);

4. The Initial Scheduling Conference set for July 21, 2016, is VACATED; and

5. The hearing on the motion to dismiss set for June 24, 2016, is VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 23, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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Plaintiff is represented by counsel in this case. Although Local Rule 230(l) and certain other local rules refer 

to actions wherein one party is incarcerated and proceeding in propria persona, the parties are advised that the Court 

generally applies these same rules to matters in which Plaintiff is represented by counsel. 

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