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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TYRONE JONES,

Plaintiff,

v.

PLEASANT VALLEY 

STATE PRISON, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:01-cv-05287-AWI-SMS PC

ORDER DENYING REQUEST 

FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE

(Doc. 150)

Plaintiff Tyrone Jones is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 28, 2010, Plaintiff filed a request for judicial

notice.

“A judicially noticed fact must be one not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either (1)

generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and

ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.” Fed. R.

Evid. 201(b). While “[j]udicial notice may be taken at any stage of the proceeding,” Fed. R. Evid.

201(f), the Court will not take judicial notice of matters in a vacuum. The request must be made in

conjunction with a proceeding or filing in which it would be appropriate to take judicial notice of

the matters requested. 

In this instance, Plaintiff is not requesting that the Court take judicial notice of a fact in

support of a matter currently before the Court. Rather, Plaintiff disagrees with the manner in which

Defendants are conducting discovery. There is no discovery dispute presently before the Court and

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Plaintiff’s disagreement with the form or content of Defendants’ discovery requests is not properly

subject to judicial notice in any event.

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s request for judicial notice is HEREBY ORDERED DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 2, 2010 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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