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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES E. SMITH,

Petitioner,

v.

F.B.I., Warden Hedgpeth,

Respondents.

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ORDERREQUIRING RESPONDENTS TO FILE

RESPONSIVE PLEADING

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

SERVE DOCUMENTS 

Petitioner is a prisoner proceeding with a petition for relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section

1651, the “All Writs Act.” Petitioner seeks an order compelling the authorities at Kern Valley State

Prison and the F.B.I. to provide him with certain “legal certified documents to ascertain proper

information regarding his present commitment and money.”

The Court has conducted a preliminary review of the Petition. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule

16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court HEREBY ORDERS: 

1. Respondents SHALL SUBMIT a RESPONSIVE pleading by filing the following: 

A. AN ANSWER addressing the merits of the Petition and due within NINETY (90)

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days of the date of service of this order. Rule 4, Rules Governing Section 2254

Cases; Cluchette v. Rushen, 770 F.2d 1469, 1473-1474 (9 Cir. 1985) (court has th

discretion to fix time for filing an Answer.).

S Respondents SHALL INCLUDE with the Answer any and all transcripts or other

documents necessary for the resolution of the issues presented in the Petition.

S Petitioner’s TRAVERSE, if any, is due THIRTY (30) days from the date

Respondents’ Answers are filed with the Court.

Unless already submitted, Respondent and Petitioner SHALL COMPLETE and

RETURN to the Court along with the Response, a Consent form indicating whether the

party consents or declines to consent to the jurisdiction of a the United States Magistrate

Judge pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1).

S RESPONDENTS SHALL submit a Notice of Appearance as attorney of record within

SIXTY (60) days of the date of service of this order for purposes of service of court

orders. See, Local Rule 83-182(a), 5-135(c). 

S The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to SERVE a copy of this order along with a PDFform copy of the PETITION and any exhibits/attachments, on the Attorney General or

his representative. The Clerk of the Court SHALL also serve a copy of this Order

along with a copy of Petitioner’s Petition and all exhibits, on the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Eastern District of California,

All motions shall be submitted on the record and briefs filed without oral argument unless

otherwise ordered by the Court. Local Rule 78-230(h). All provisions of Local Rule 11-110 are

applicable to this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 4, 2007 /s/ William M. Wunderlich 

bl0dc4 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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