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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM JACKSON KITCHENS,

Plaintiff,

v.

PIERCE, et. al.,

Defendants.

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CV F 05-01567 AWI LJO P 

ORDER FINDING SERVICE OF COMPLAINT

APPROPRIATE AND FORWARDING

DOCUMENTS TO PLAINTIFF 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SERVICE

OF COMPLAINT AS MOOT (Doc. 13.) 

 William Jackson Kitchens (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff filed the instant action on December 5, 2005, in the Sacramento Division of the

Eastern District of California. The case was transferred to this Court anc received on December

9, 2005. The Court has screened Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) and

finds that it states cognizable 14 Amendment Due Process claim against the named Defendants th

for the allegations that the Defendants failed to protect him by housing him with criminal inmates

and failed to provide constitutionally adequate conditions of detention for a civil detainee. Fed.

R. Civ. P. 8(a); Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A., 534 U.S. 506, 512-15 (2002); Austin v. Terhune,

367 F.3d 1167, 1171 (9th Cir. 2004); Jackson v. Carey, 353 F.3d 750, 754 (9th Cir. 2003);

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Galbraith v. County of Santa Clara, 307 F.3d 1119, 1125-26 (9th Cir. 2002). Accordingly, IT IS

HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Service is appropriate for the following defendants:

RICHARD PIERCE, Sheriff 

MARGARET MIMMS, Asst. Sheriff

Lt. GARY JOHNSON, Classification Officer 

TRANS CORP

2. The Clerk of the Court shall send Plaintiff FOUR USM-285 forms, FOUR

summons, a Notice of Submission of Documents form, an instruction sheet and a

copy of the complaint filed DECEMBER 5, 2005.

3. Within THIRTY (30) DAYS from the date of this Order, Plaintiff shall complete

the attached Notice of Submission of Documents and submit the completed

Notice to the Court with the following documents:

a. Completed summons;

b. One completed USM-285 form for each defendant listed above; and 

c. FIVE copies of the endorsed complaint filed December 5, 2005.

4. Plaintiff need not attempt service on Defendants and need not request waiver of

service. Upon receipt of the above-described documents, the court will direct the

United States Marshal to serve the above-named Defendants pursuant to Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 4 without payment of costs. 

5. The failure to comply with this Order will result in a Recommendation that this

action be dismissed.

6. The pending Motion for Leave to Serve Defendants is DENIED as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 22, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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