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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

JON L. NYLAND,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALAVERAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S JAIL, 

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00886 DLB PC

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR 

INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

[ECF Nos. 6, 9, 11]

Plaintiff Jon L. Nyland, a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on June 11, 2015.

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 By separate order, the 

Court has screened and dismissed the complaint with leave to amend.

Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s several requests for injunctive relief. On June 24, 

2015, Plaintiff filed a motion concerning conditions in the jail. Plaintiff contends that he has not 

been given access to a copy machine or allowed to make copies of documents. He states he has 

been locked down on three occasions without reason, written documentation, or review. He 

states he has been placed in administrative segregation without cause or documentation. He 

claims he is being denied access to disciplinary records and is not permitted to engage in 

correspondence beyond three sheets of paper per week. 

 

1 On June 18, 2015, Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge.

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On July 1, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting immediate relief for alleged ongoing

mistreatment. Again, he claims he has been locked down without cause or documentation, and 

he has been administratively segregated for personal reasons and mental health reasons. He 

states he has not been given proper medications. 

On July 8, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting immediate relief. He states he has not 

been given his medications. He states staff have opened his legal mail. He claims that the public 

defender has not visited him with respect to his underlying criminal case.

A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy never awarded as of right. Winter v. 

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 24 (2008) (citation omitted). For each 

form of relief sought in federal court, Plaintiff must establish standing. Summers v. Earth Island 

Institute, 555 U.S. 488, 493 (2009) (citation omitted); Mayfield v. United States, 599 F.3d 964, 

969 (9th Cir. 2010) (citation omitted). This requires Plaintiff to show that he is under threat of 

suffering an injury in fact that is concrete and particularized; the threat must be actual and 

imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical; it must be fairly traceable to challenged conduct of the 

defendant; and it must be likely that a favorable judicial decision will prevent or redress the 

injury. Summers, 555 U.S. at 493 (quotation marks and citation omitted); Mayfield, 599 F.3d at 

969. Further, any award of equitable relief is governed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 

which provides in relevant part, “Prospective relief in any civil action with respect to prison 

conditions shall extend no further than necessary to correct the violation of the Federal right of a 

particular plaintiff or plaintiffs. The court shall not grant or approve any prospective relief 

unless the court finds that such relief is narrowly drawn, extends no further than necessary to 

correct the violation of the Federal right, and is the least intrusive means necessary to correct the 

violation of the Federal right.” 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a)(1)(A). 

By separate order, the Court has screened and dismissed the complaint with leave to file 

an amended complaint. In light of Plaintiff’s failure to state any claim upon which relief may be 

granted, there is no actual case or controversy before the Court at this time, and Court lacks the 

jurisdiction to issue the orders sought by Plaintiff. Summers, 555 U.S. at 493; Mayfield, 599 

F.3d at 969. 

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ORDER

For the reasons set forth above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motions for 

injunctive relief are DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 17, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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