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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAM JOHNSON, on behalf of himself and 

all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JENNIFER SHAFFER, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-1059 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 Inmate Alden A. Thomas, Sr. has filed a document styled as a motion for joinder 

in this action. It appears from Exhibit B to the motion that Mr. Alden is a member of the plaintiff 

class, which consists of California state prisoners who are serving life sentences and are eligible 

for parole consideration after having served their minimum terms. See ECF Nos. 29, 44. His 

motion for joinder is therefore unnecessary. Comments in the motion concerning the relationship 

between immigration proceedings and parole proceedings are not relevant to the proposed 

settlement agreement. To the extent comments concerning the alleged exclusion of Mr. Alden’s 

low risk assessment from a 2010 parole consideration hearing are relevant to the proposed 

settlement agreement, those will be considered by the court in connection with the fairness 

hearing set for December 18, 2015. 

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 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to file the motion filed by Inmate Alden 

A. Thomas and enter it on the docket in this action; 

2. Inmate Alden’s motion is denied as unnecessary; and 

3. To the extent the motion contains comments relevant to the proposed 

settlement agreement, those will be considered by the court in connection 

with the fairness hearing set for December 18, 2015. 

DATED: December 10, 2015 

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