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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUBEN HERRERA,

Plaintiff,

v.

PAM AHLIN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00164-LJO-SAB-PC

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

A STATUS REPORT

FORTY-FIVE DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Ruben Herrera is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in a civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff is currently a patient at Coalinga State Hospital (CSH). As noted in the findings 

and recommendations filed concurrently with this order, Plaintiff has stated a claim for relief 

against Defendant John Doe Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers for excessive use of 

force on September 18, 2011, on the Secured Services Unit (SSU) courtyard by firing non-lethal 

rounds at Plaintiff in order to get him to climb down from a pole. Plaintiff has not provided the 

names of the DPS officer or officers that fired the non-lethal rounds at Plaintiff. 

Although the use of Doe defendants is acceptable to withstand dismissal of the complaint 

at the screening stage, those person or persons cannot be served with process in this action until 

they are identified by their names. The burden is on Plaintiff to discover the identity of the 

defendant(s). Plaintiff should seek to discover the identity of Doe defendant(s) and move to 

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substitute him/them into the case as soon as possible. Plaintiff may be able to locate names from 

incident reports, Rules Violation Reports, his central file, or other documents available for 

Plaintiff to review. Within 45 days of service of this order, Plaintiff shall either file a motion to 

substitute the Doe Defendant(s) or file a status report explaining the actions he took to locate the 

name of Doe defendant(s). Failure to comply with this order may result in a recommendation to 

dismiss. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall, within forty-five days of the 

date of service of this order, file a status report notifying the Court what actions he has taken to 

locate the name of Doe defendants. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 6, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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