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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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 The court notes that plaintiff’s letter was not served on defendant. Plaintiff is advised 1

that every document submitted to the court for consideration must be served on defendant. Fed.

R. Civ. P. 5. Plaintiff is required to serve all documents in this action conventionally in

accordance with the relevant provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 5. See Local Rule 5-135(b). Since an

attorney has filed a document with the court on behalf of defendant, documents submitted by

plaintiff must be served on that attorney and not on the defendant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(1). 

Conventional service is usually accomplished by mailing a copy of the document to the

attorney’s address of record. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(B). Plaintiff must include with every

document filed in this action a certificate stating the date an accurate copy of the document was

mailed to defendant’s attorney and the address to which it was mailed. See Local Rule 5-135(b)

and (c).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALAMAR CYRIL HOUSTON,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-03-1625 FCD JFM P

vs.

 BUCK, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter is set for jury trial in the district court on May 16, 2006. On

November 28, 2005, plaintiff filed a letter requesting sample proposed jury voir dire and jury

instructions. The court does not provide such documents to litigants. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s November 28, 2005

request is denied. 

DATED: February 6, 2006. 

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