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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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07cv0057

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY LYNN NORWOOD,

Plaintiff,

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JEANNE WOODFORD, et al.,

Defendants. 

 

 

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Case No. 07-CV-0057-WQH (JMA)

ORDER CONFIRMING DECEMBER 26,

2007 ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION THAT THE

COURT ORDER SERVICE UPON

DEFENDANTS

On December 26, 2007, this Court issued an Order Granting

Plaintiff’s Motion that the Court Order Service Upon Defendants. 

See Doc. No. 40. The Order required the Deputy Attorney General

assigned to this case to provide the forwarding addresses for

Defendants Bourland and Torres to the U.S. Marshal in a

confidential memorandum. 

On December 31, 2007, Deputy Attorney General Sylvie P.

Snyder filed a Statement of Inability to Comply With the Court’s

Order (hereinafter “Statement”). See Doc. No. 42. The Statement

asserts that while the Deputy Attorney General is working on

submitting a waiver of service of summons on behalf of Defendant

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Bourland, service cannot be waived as to Defendant Torres. The

Statement further claims that the Deputy Attorney General has no

means of obtaining Torres’ forwarding information.

The Court has reviewed and considered the Deputy Attorney

General’s Statement, and finds none if its arguments to be

persuasive. The Court finds that the Deputy Attorney General has

the ability to obtain Defendant Torres’ last known address from

the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

(“CDCR”), which is the entity that formerly employed Defendants

Bourland and Torres and to which the Attorney General is clearly

reporting in the course of its representation of the defendants

in this action. Furthermore, the Court finds that the privacy

concerns raised by the Attorney General are meritless, as the

Court previously ordered that Defendant Torres’ last known

contact information be provided only to the U.S. Marshal on a

confidential basis. Accordingly, the Court CONFIRMS its previous

Order of December 26, 2007. The Deputy Attorney General assigned

to this case is ORDERED to obtain Torres’ last known contact

information from the CDCR, and provide this information to the

U.S. Marshal in a confidential memorandum indicating that the

summons and complaint is to be delivered to the specified

address. The Deputy Attorney General shall provide the U.S.

Marshal with any such information on or before January 25, 2008. 

If the Deputy Attorney General is not able to locate an address

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for Defendant Torres, she shall file a Declaration with the Court

to that effect by no later than January 25, 2008.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 11, 2008

Jan M. Adler

U.S. Magistrate Judge

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