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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREG JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

MENDOZA, et. al.,

Defendants.

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CV F 04 5845 AWI LJO P 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

RETURN EVIDENCE TO PLAINTIFF 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

FILE LODGED MOTION FOR EVIDENTIARY

HEARING 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

EVIDENTIARY HEARING 

 Greg Johnson (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in

this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff filed the instant action on June 15, 2004. On January 4, 2005, the Court received

copies of a decision issued by the Supreme Court of California denying a Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus. The Clerk of Court lodged the documents with the Court. There was no motion

or other document explaining the submission of these documents. This same day, Plaintiff also

submitted a Motion for an Evidentiary Hearing under Rule 8 for a Section 2255 proceeding. This

document was also lodged with the Court. 

The Court has reviewed the documents and finds no explanation as to why these

documents were submitted in this case. As a preliminary matter, all documents or pleadings

submitted to the Court must be in pleading format. The submission of copies of documents

randomly does not provide sufficient explanation as to why the documents were submitted. As

the copies of the Supreme Court of California decisions involve a Petition for Writ of Habeas

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Corpus and have no bearing on the claims at issue in this civil rights action (concerning the

conditions of Plaintiff’s confinement), the Court will direct the Clerk of Court to return the

copies of the Supreme Court of California’s decision to Plaintiff. 

With regard to the Motion for an Evidentiary Hearing, as the document was submitted in

pleading format, it will be filed with the court as of the date it was submitted. However, as the

pleading requests an evidentiary hearing under Rule 8 of the Rules Governing Section 2255

Proceedings, and the instant action is not a Section 2255 proceeding but a civil rights action filed

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Motion is DENIED. 

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS: 

1. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to RETURN the lodged copies of the decision

of the California Supreme Court received and lodged on January 4, 2005 (2

copies), to Plaintiff;

2. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to file the lodged Motion for Evidentiary

Hearing under Rule 8 as of the date it was received by the Court;

3. The Motion for Evidentiary Hearing is DENIED as it has no bearing on the instant

action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 18, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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