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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

VIRGIL E. HOLT,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. NICHOLAS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00800-AWI-GBC (PC)

REGARDING CLARIFICATION OF

DEFENDANT CROUCH’S DISMISSAL

(Doc. 44)

Plaintiff Virgil E. Holt, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this

civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 4, 2009. Doc. 1. This action is proceeding

on Plaintiff’s second amended complaint filed on April 8, 2010, against: 1) Defendants R. Nicholas,

A. Holguin, J. Ortega, L. Machado, J. Juden, G. Adame, F. Rivera, R. Valverde, D. Coontz, M.

Bubbel, K. Prior, J. Tyree, Large, Soto, Yubeta, Worrell, Vo, Knight, T. Crouch, Pinkerton, and

Valasco for violation of the Eighth Amendment; 2) Defendant Holguin for retaliation in violation

of the First Amendment and 3) Defendants Carrasco and D. Zanchi for supervisory liability. Doc.

21; Doc. 23, Doc. 28.

On April 26, 2011, Defendants filed a request for clarification regarding whether Defendant

Crouch was still in this action. Doc. 44. It is unclear whether there were originally two different

Defendants with the last name Crouch or if there were two different claims against the same

Defendant Crouch. Doc. 23 at 3, 8; Doc. 28. Defendant "Crouch" was dismissed regarding counts

12, 14, 15 for due process and retaliation, however, the Court found a cognizable Eighth Amendment

Claim Defendant "T. Crouch." Doc. 23 at 3, 8; Doc. 28. Therefore, Defendant T. Crouch is still a

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defendant in this action for the Eighth Amendment claim.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 16, 2011 

0jh02o UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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