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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRUCE L. FULLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. RIPPETOE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-00304-HSG (PR)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

THIRD MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF 

TIME

Re: Dkt. No. 71

Plaintiff, a California prisoner currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison 

(“KVSP”), filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging conditions of 

confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), where Plaintiff was previously incarcerated. 

The Court found that, liberally construed, the complaint stated a cognizable excessive force claim 

and ordered service on five defendants. On May 18, 2015, Defendants filed a motion for summary 

judgment. Plaintiff has been granted two extensions of time to file his opposition. Now before the 

Court is Plaintiff’s third request for an extension of time. Plaintiff asserts that KVSP has denied 

him sufficient access to the prison law library. Good cause appearing, Plaintiff’s third request for 

an extension of time to file an opposition to Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is 

GRANTED. Plaintiff shall file his opposition no later than October 1, 2015. Defendants shall 

file their reply no later than fourteen (14) days after the date of service of the opposition.

Plaintiff requests the Court’s assistance in directing KVSP to provide him with more 

access to the prison law library. The instant action was brought against defendants at PBSP. The 

Court lacks personal jurisdiction over staff at KVSP. If Plaintiff wants to complain about his lack 

of access to the prison law library, he may file a separate action for denial of access to the courts 

in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, where KVSP is located.

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The Clerk of the Court shall send this Order to the law librarian and litigation coordinator 

at Kern Valley State Prison as well as to Plaintiff.

This Order terminates Docket No. 71.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 21, 2015

______________________________________

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRUCE L. FULLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. RIPPETOE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-00304-HSG 

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 September 21, 2015, 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.

Bruce L. Fuller ID: P35248

Kern Valley State Prison A3 220

P.O. Box 5101

Delano, CA 93216 

Dated: September 21, 2015

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Nikki D. Riley, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

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