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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

NOEL RAY SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHAIM ZAKLOS et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-0842 WBS CKD P (TEMP)

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. On March 29, 2016, the court ordered the United States Marshal to effect service on 

defendants Jeffrey Beard and Chaim Zaklos. Plaintiff has filed a motion to substitute Scott 

Kernan for Jeffrey Beard because Kernan has replaced Beard as Secretary of the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Rule 25 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides:

An action does not abate when a public officer who is a party in an 

official capacity dies, resigns, or otherwise ceases to hold office 

while the action is pending. The officer’s successor is 

automatically substituted as a party. Later proceedings should be in 

the substituted party’s name, but any misnomer not affecting the 

parties’ substantial rights must be disregarded. The court may order 

substitution at any time, but the absence of such an order does not 

affect the substitution.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). 

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In this case, the court finds that substitution is appropriate pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 25.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to substitute Scott Kernan for Jeffrey Beard (Doc. No. 21) is 

granted; and

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to substitute Scott Kernan, the Secretary of the 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, for Jeffrey Beard as the 

proper defendant in this matter.

Dated: April 21, 2016

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smit0842.sub

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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