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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

WILLIAM TOWNSEND,

Plaintiff,

v.

D.K. SISTO, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:09-cv-2342 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a document in which he requests that the court order one of his former 

attorneys or an investigator hired by them to provide plaintiff with a statement made by “witness” 

D. Harvest. First, plaintiff has not indicated whether he sought the information he seeks directly 

from those persons. Second, plaintiff did not identify D. Harvest as a potential witness in his 

amended pretrial statement (ECF Nos. 124). Third, plaintiff has not explained his delay in 

attempting to obtain the information he seeks.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request that the court order Ken 

Karan, Josh Kaizuka or Dave Howard to provide plaintiff with a copy of a written statement made 

by D. Harvest is denied.

Dated: June 10, 2016

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towns2342.sta

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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