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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONATHAN W. GRIGSBY, 

Plaintiff(s),

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M. S. EVANS, et al., 

Defendant(s). 

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No. C 08-1843 CRB (PR)

ORDER 

(Docket # 49)

On January 22, 2010, the court found that, when liberally construed,

plaintiff's allegations that defendants prevented him from sending mail to his

family state a cognizable First Amendment claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and

ordered the U.S. Marshal to serve the named defendants. Docket # 22 at 2. 

On May 5, 2010, defendants filed a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule

of Civil Procedure 12(b) and 12(b)(6). Plaintiff did not file an opposition; instead

he filed a belated motion for an extension of time, claiming that he did not

receive a copy of the complaint served on the defendants by the marshal. 

On July 21, 2010, the court noted that plaintiff was not entitled to service

of a copy of the complaint served on the defendants by the marshal because he 

presumably had a copy of his own complaint. But in the interest of expediting

these proceedings, the clerk was instructed to send plaintiff a copy of the

complaint (docket # 1) served on the defendants by the marshal. The court

granted plaintiff an extension of time until August 31, 2010 to file an opposition

to defendants' motion to dismiss and advised him that no further extensions of

time will be granted.

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On August 3, 2010, plaintiff filed a motion "seeking copy of exhibits and

evidence sent with original complaint." He claims that the copy of the complaint

he received from the clerk is incomplete because it does not include any of the

"exhibits of evidence or CDCR documents sent with my civil complaint." The

motion (docket # 49) is DENIED. The document filed as plaintiff's complaint

and appearing in the case docket as item number one is comprised of 23 pages –

two consecutive copies of plaintiff's eleven-page complaint and a copy of the

front side of the envelope in which the two copies of the complaint were received

by the court. There are no exhibits or documents in support of plaintiff's

complaint in case docket item number one or in any other part of the docket. 

Defendants and plaintiff were served with a copy of the same document –

plaintiff's eleven-page complaint.

A further extension of time is not warranted. Plaintiff shall file an

opposition, or notice of opposition, to defendants' motion to dismiss by no later

than August 31, 2010, and defendants shall file a reply to any opposition within

15 days thereafter.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: Aug. 5, 2010 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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