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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 Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTOR W. COOPER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.

Defendants. /

No. C 02-03712 JSW

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

PREJUDICE PETITION FOR

WRIT OF MANDATE AND

DECLARATORY RELIEF

On July 24, 2007, Pierre Lebon Hoffman filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate &

Declaratory Relief In Order to Enforce Petitioner [sic] Rights Under the Settlement Agreement

At 6 Section II(6) in Cooper v. State of California. 

On June 12, 2007, the Court adopted in full a recommendation from Magistrate Judge

Spero and it terminated continuing jurisdiction over enforcement of the Settlement Agreement

in the Cooper case. Mr. Hoffman’s current petition raises a number of issues relating to the

implementation of the Kosher Diet program at California State Prison - Soledad, and also

appears to raise issues pertaining to the Americans With Disabilities Act, the latter of which are

beyond the scope of the Settlement Agreement in Cooper.

Accordingly, the Court DENIES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Mr. Hoffman’s petition. If

Mr. Hoffman seeks to challenge the Kosher Diet Program at California State Prison - Soledad,

or any other claims, he may do so by re-filing his petition as a new case, in compliance with any

exhaustion requirements that may apply to such claims, and shall either submit an application to

proceed in forma pauperis or pay the requisite filing fees. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 25, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COOPER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE ET AL et

al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV02-03712 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 25, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office

delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

John William Riches

Attorney General’s Office

1300 I Street

Suite 125

PO Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Pierre Lebon Hoffman

S.V.S.P.

P.O. Box 1050

Soledad, CA 93960-1050

Shinyung Oh 

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP

55 Second Street, 24th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Dated: July 25, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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