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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT KEITH ERNST, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DAVID FRANCES RAMOS, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:21-cv-0813 DAD AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion for an extension of time 

and for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. ECF No. 67. In his motion, 

plaintiff requests additional time to respond to discovery requests from defendants Akhila, 

Ginwalla, and Miraflor on grounds that the mailroom is refusing to process his mail to 

defendants’ attorneys as legal mail, because defendants’ attorneys are not employed by the 

Attorney General’s Office. ECF No. 67. Plaintiff requests a temporary restraining order or 

preliminary injunction directing the mailroom to process his legal mail to counsel for these 

defendants. Counsel for defendants Ramos, Ashe, Wong, Miller, Singh, and Nelson1

 will be 

required to respond to plaintiff’s allegation that the mailroom is refusing to process his legal mail 

addressed to defense counsel not employed by the Attorney General’s Office. 

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 These defendants are represented by the Attorney General’s Office. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within twenty-one days of the service of 

this order, counsel for defendants Ramos, Ashe, Wong, Miller, Singh, and Nelson shall respond 

to plaintiff’s claims that the mailroom is refusing to process his legal mail to defense counsel not 

employed by the Attorney General’s Office. Plaintiff may file a reply within fourteen days of 

service of the response. 

DATED: July 19, 2024 

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