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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

SALADIN RUSHDAN (aka WOODS),

Plaintiff, No. 2:06-cv-0729 GEB KJN P

vs.

TOM PERBULA, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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On October 8, 2009, plaintiff filed a motion seeking an extension of time to serve

process on defendants Perbula and Stratton. Plaintiff also asked defendants Van Cor, Palmer,

Dovey and Hall (hereinafter “defendants”) to provide assistance in locating defendants Perbula

and Stratton as his efforts to date have failed. Defendants have not filed a response to plaintiff’s

motion.

Good cause appearing, plaintiff will be granted an additional ninety days in which

to serve process on defendants Perbula and Stratton. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). Defendants’ counsel

shall query the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) to ascertain the

whereabouts of defendants Perbula and Stratton. If defendants Perbula and Stratton are still

employed with the CDCR or any other California state agency, counsel shall provide the business

address to plaintiff. If counsel is otherwise informed of the business addresses of defendants

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Perbula and Stratton, counsel shall provide the address to plaintiff. In the event that defendants

cannot locate the business addresses of defendants Perbula and Stratton, they shall seek the home

addresses of defendants Perbula and Stratton. If defendants cannot locate the current home

addressees of defendants Perbula and Stratton, defendants shall provide the last known home

address for defendants Perbula and Stratton set forth in CDCR records. If defendants locate only

a home address for either defendant Perbula or Stratton, they shall file the home address with the

court, under seal, accompanied by a copy of this order.

In the event that counsel, after conducting a good faith inquiry, cannot ascertain

the business or home addresses of defendants Perbula or Stratton, counsel shall so inform the

court. 

Defendants’ counsel shall file and serve the appropriate response within twentyone days from the date of this order.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s October 8, 2009 motion is partially granted.

2. Plaintiff is granted ninety days in which to serve process on defendants Perbula

and Stratton.

3. Counsel for defendants Van Cor, Palmer, Dovey and Hall shall file and serve

the appropriate response to the directions provided on page 1, lines 21-26 and page 2, lines 1-10,

above, within twenty-one days from the date of this order. In the event that defendants are

supplying a home address of either defendants Perbula or Stratton, they shall file the home

address with the court, under seal, accompanied by a copy of this order.

DATED: June 7, 2010

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KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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