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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

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MAURICE THOMPSON ET AL., on behalf of

themselves and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

JAMES E. TILTON, Acting Secretary,

California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation, and EDDIE YLST, Acting

Warden, San Quentin State Prison,

Defendants.

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No. C 79-01630 WHA

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO

INTERVENE AND RELATED

REQUESTS

Death-Row inmates Jack Wayne Friend, Andre S. Alexander, Ricardo Roldan, Keith

Allen Lewis Sr. and Paul Gordon Smith Jr., have filed separate documents with the Court. 

Alexander, Roldan, Lewis and Smith move to intervene as plaintiffs under Federal Rule

of Civil Procedure 24(a). To intervene as a plaintiff under FRCP 24(a), an applicant must prove

that the other plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenors might not adequately represent the applicant’s

interests. FRCP 24(a)(2); Trbovich v. United Mine Workers of Am., 404 U.S. 528, 538 (1972). 

None of the applicants provide any reason to believe that intervenor Freddie Fuiava might not

adequately represent their interests. Intervenor has raised similar issues about California prison

regulations’ conflict with the consent decree. The motions to intervene therefore are DENIED. 

Smith, Roldan and Lewis ask for an order to San Quentin State Prison to apply the gangvalidation and disciplinary regulations of Title 15 of the California Code of Regulations to the

condemned inmates at San Quentin. These prisoners are not parties to the instant action. Their

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request for injunctive relief therefore is DENIED. Smith, Roldan and Lewis also seek judicial

notice of two civil actions. The Court already has taken notice of those two actions. The

request is therefore DENIED. Lewis, Alexander and Friend seek appointment of counsel. Their

requests are DENIED because they are not parties to the instant action. 

Lewis and Alexander noticed their motions for hearing on June 5, 2006. No hearing will

be held because neither prisoner has an attorney and neither movant will be able to attend the

hearing to represent himself in propria persona, because of his incarceration. 

As noted in previous orders, the Court cannot allow all Death Row inmates to intervene

separately. All motions to intervene therefore will be considered carefully, giving motions

made pro se a liberal construction, and granted only with great care. Potential intervenors

should consider carefully whether intervenor or plaintiffs adequately represent their interests. 

THE CLERK SHALL SERVE THIS ORDER ON APPLICANTS AT THE ADDRESSES ON

THEIR MOTIONS AND OTHER PAPERS. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 25, 2006 WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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