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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

WILLIE WEAVER,

Plaintiff(s),

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PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON,

Defendant(s).

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NO. C 04-4784 JW PR

ORDER DENYING FED.R.APP.P. 4(a)(4)

MOTION

docket no. 12

Plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison and frequent litigant in this Court, filed a pro

se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that he has been unable to obtain a “119

log” of his legal mail. On May 9, 2005, the Court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim

and entered judgment.

Between May 31, 2005 and November of 2005, Plaintiff filed an “objection” (docket no. 12,

filed May 31, 2005), numerous motions, and eventually a notice of appeal. While the case was on

appeal, Plaintiff continued to file a few more motions in this Court. On May 22, 2006, the Court

issued an order denying motions docketed as numbers 13, 14, 15, 17, and 19; the order, however, did

not address the “objection” filed May 31, 2005. 

On June 19, 2006, the Ninth Circuit issued an order holding the appeal in abeyance pending

this Court’s resolution of what it characterized as a Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(4)

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motion, pending as of May 31, 2006. This Court presumes that the motion referred to by the Ninth

Circuit is the “objection” filed May 31, 2005, because there is no pending motion filed May 31,

2006. 

Having reviewed the “objection” filed May 31, 2005, and construing it as a Rule 4(a)(4)

motion in accordance with the Ninth Circuit, this Court DENIES the motion. As the Court

previously held, Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to a 119 mail log.

The case may now proceed on appeal. The Clerk shall forward the official file accordingly.

Dated: August 11, 2006 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Willie Weaver

J-91389 4-B-C-8-201

California Correctional Institution-Tehachapi

P. O. Box 1906

Tehachapi, Ca 93581

Dated: August 11, 2006 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: 

Courtroom Deputy

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