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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 a Findings and Recommendations issued concurrently with this order, the court recommended that

plaintiff’s section 1983 retaliation and equal protection claims, and 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) claim be dismissed from this

action for failure to state any claims upon which relief may be granted, and defendants Kavanaugh and Moran be

dismissed from this action based on plaintiff’s failure to state any claims upon which relief may be granted against

them. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARRISON S. JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

RODERICK Q. HICKMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:05-CV-01340-AWI-LJO-P

ORDER FINDING SERVICE OF AMENDED

COMPLAINT APPROPRIATE, AND

FORWARDING SERVICE DOCUMENTS TO

PLAINTIFF FOR COMPLETION AND

RETURN

(Doc. 16)

Plaintiff Garrison S. Johnson (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on October 24, 2005. The court

has screened plaintiff’s amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and finds that it states

cognizable claims for relief under section 1983 against defendants Hart, Bonilla, Smith, Davis,

Kellog, Scribner, Andrews, Schwarzenegger, Hickman, and Woodford for excessive force, and

against defendant Amaya for deliberate indifference to plaintiff’s medical needs, in violation of the

Eighth Amendment.1 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); Galbraith v. County of Santa Clara, 307 F.3d 1119, 1125-26 (9th Cir. 2002).

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Service is appropriate for the following defendants:

GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

RODERICK Q. HICKMAN, CDCR SECRETARY (former)

JEANNE S. WOODFORD, CDCR DIRECTOR (former)

A. K. SCRIBNER, WARDEN 

J. R. ANDREWS, ASSOCIATE WARDEN

J. SMITH, C/O

J. HART, C/O

A. DAVIS, C/O

I. BONILLA, C/O

KELLOG, C/O

J. AMAYA, MTA

2. The Clerk of the Court shall send plaintiff eleven (11) USM-285 forms, eleven (11)

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

copy of the amended complaint filed January 31, 2006.

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. Twelve (12) copies of the endorsed amended complaint filed January 31,

2006.

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. 

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5. The failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action

be dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 13, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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