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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KIM VELASQUEZ, 1:08-cv-00009-LJO-GSA 

Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE

COURT TO REDESIGNATE CASE FROM

vs. A REGULAR CIVIL RIGHTS CASE TO

A PRISONER CIVIL RIGHTS CASE

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, et al., 

New Case Number

Defendants. 1:08-cv-00009-LJO-GSA-PC

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On January 2, 2008, plaintiff Kim Velasquez (“plaintiff”) filed the complaint which commenced

this action. (Doc. 1.) The Clerk of the Court designated the action as a civil rights action pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act, Nature of Suit 440 Civil Rights: Other. On February 2, 2008, the court

dismissed the complaint, with leave to amend, for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be

granted under § 1983. (Doc. 10.) On March 3, 2008, plaintiff filed the first amended complaint (Doc.

18.), and on March 4, 2008, plaintiff filed a supplement to the first amended complaint. (Doc. 19.) 

In the first amended complaint, plaintiff alleges violations of his civil rights by defendants while

he was in the custody of the California Department of Corrections. Plaintiff is currently incarcerated

at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, California. Upon further review by

the court, it has been determined that the present action involves state prison conditions of confinement,

and the court hereby construes the case as a prisoner civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Therefore, the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to change the designation of the present case to reflect

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that of a prisoner civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, with Nature of Suit 550, and to reflect

this designation by addition of a PC to the case number.

Plaintiff is advised that the new case number shall be 1:08-cv-00009-LJO-GSA-PC,

and all future pleadings and/or correspondence must be so numbered. Plaintiff is advised that use of an

incorrect case number, including initials, may result in a delay of documents being processed and copies

thereof being correctly distributed and received by the appropriate judicial officer.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 25, 2008 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

60kij8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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