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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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1 Because oral argument will not be of material

assistance, the court orders this matter submitted on the briefs.

E.D. Cal. L.R. 78-230(h).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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THOMAS LEE WILLIAMS,

by and through his Guardian

ad Litem, Darius Williams,

NO. CIV. S-07-1787 FCD/EFB

Plaintiff,

v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CITY OF WEED, CHRIS YOUNG,

an individual, STEVEN SHANNON,

an individual, MARTIN

NICHOLAS, an individual,

Defendants.

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This matter is before the court on plaintiff Thomas Lee

Williams’ (“plaintiff”) motion to substitute the Estate of Thomas

Lee Williams as plaintiff in this action, pursuant to Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 25.1 Defendants do not oppose the

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2 Defendants filed an “opposition” to plaintiff’s motion,

but state therein that they have “no objection to the

substitution of the Estate” as plaintiff in place of the now

deceased Thomas Lee Williams. (Id.) Defendants oppose the

motion only to the extent plaintiff seeks to amend his complaint

by the instant motion. (See Docket #28 at 2:3-4 [stating

plaintiff “intends to move to amend the Complaint to include the

Estate of Thomas Lee Williams and to allege new claims for relief

based upon the death of Thomas Lee Williams”.]) Plaintiff has

not so moved to amend, and conceded in his reply, that a formal

motion to amend is required by the court’s pre-trial scheduling

order. (Docket #36.) This order addresses only plaintiff’s

request under Rule 25.

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motion. (Docket #34 at 3:6-14.)2

This is a civil rights action in which plaintiff alleges he

was beaten by the defendant police officers, who also failed to

provide him necessary medical care, causing plaintiff to suffer

an anoxic brain injury. After the incident, plaintiff became

comatose. Through a guardian ad litem, plaintiff filed this

action on August 23, 2007. Plaintiff died on November 24, 2007,

and his brother, Darius Williams, was appointed the personal

representative of his Estate on March 12, 2008.

Plaintiff now moves to substitute the Estate as plaintiff. 

Pursuant to Rule 25(a)(1), permitting the court to “order

substitution of the proper party” if a party dies and the claim

is not extinguished, and considering defendants’ non-opposition

to the motion, the court hereby GRANTS plaintiff’s motion. The

Estate of Thomas Lee Williams, by and through its personal

representative Darius Williams, is substituted as plaintiff in 

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this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 DATED: April 21, 2008

 FRANK C. DAMRELL, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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