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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

William Jackson Kitchens,

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Margaret Mims, et al.,

Defendants. 

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 CV-05-1567-DCB P

ORDER

On February 4, 2014, the mandate issued and this action was returned to this Court

to resolve whether the circumstances of confinement under the supervision of Defendant

Mims violated Plaintiff’s constitutional rights: 

Although the County Defendants argued in their briefs that these

policies were set by higher authorities, who they were bound to follow,

counsel for County Defendants conceded at oral argument that these

policies related only to the locations to which SVPs [sexually violent

predators] were assigned, not to the privileges afforded to prisoners in those

locations. Because no policy from “higher authority” specified how SVPs

housed in Isolation or the Hole must be treated, a question of material fact

exists as to Mims’ authority to affect the conditions afforded to SVPs in

those locations. In particular, the issue is whether, in the absence of a

policy, Mims, as the person who “oversaw jail operations” and “in charge

of the Fresno County Jail,” had the authority to ensure that SVPs would be

afforded better conditions than others housed in Isolation or the Hole. 

(Case No. 10-15737 at 87-3.) 

On July 30, 2013, during the pending appeal, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary

Judgment (Doc. 136).

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IT IS ORDERED that the Defendants must file a response to the Plaintiff’s Motion

for Summary Judgment only as it relates to the Ninth Circuit ruling on appeal (Doc. 143)

on or before May 29, 2014.

DATED this 1st day of April, 2014.

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