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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

MATTHEW JAMES GRIFFIN,

Plaintiff,

 v.

A. JOHNSON, et al.,

 Defendants.

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1:13-cv-01599-LJO-BAM (PC)

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

NOTICE OF REFUSAL TO COPY 

DOCUMENTS FOR SERVICE OF 

PROCESS

ORDER TO THE CLERK TO MAKE 

COPIES

(ECF No. 34)

Plaintiff Matthew James Griffin (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner currently housed at the 

Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona, operated by the Corrections Corporation of America 

(“CCA”). He is proceeding in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 

1983, claiming his Eight Amendment rights have been violated. 

On August 4, 2015, the Court authorized service on several of the defendants named in 

Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, and directed him to provide, among other things, copies of 

his amended complaint to serve those defendants. (ECF No. 27.) Plaintiff indicates that he has 

requested on several occasions for prison officials at Saguaro Correctional Center to provide him 

the required copies pursuant to this Court’s order. (ECF Nos. 30, 34.) In the instant notice to the 

Court, Plaintiff states that the prison officials at Saguaro Correctional Center refused to provide 

him more than three copies of his amended complaint due to CCA’s policies, despite this Court’s 

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order indicating he is required to provide twelve copies of his endorsed first amended complaint. 

(ECF No. 34.) He has submitted eleven completed summonses, eleven USM-285 forms, and 

three copies of the amended complaint. (ECF No. 33.)

The Court finds Plaintiff has shown good cause, under these circumstances, for failing to 

provide all of the necessary copies of the amended complaint. As a result, the Court will order 

the clerk’s office of this Court to provide the remaining copies of the amended complaint needed 

for service. However, Plaintiff is admonished that this is an exceptional circumstance, and full 

compliance with this Court’s orders will be required in the future. Plaintiff is also warned that 

failure to comply with any Court order or rule may result in dismissal of one or more defendants 

from this action.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

The Clerk’s Office shall provide the nine (9) necessary additional copies of Plaintiff’s 

amended complaint required for service.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 16, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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