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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

JOSE AUGUSTINE MAYORGA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ESLICK, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:14-cv-00099-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

PRIORITY LAW LIBRARY STATUS

(Doc. 15)

Plaintiff Jose Augustine Mayorga, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on January 23, 2014. 

Plaintiff’s federal constitutional claims arise out of events in 2012 at Sierra Conservation Center in 

Jamestown, California. 

On April 10, 2014, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking an order granting him priority law 

library status.

The discretion to grant or deny inmates priority law library status rests exclusively with 

prison officials, see Griffin v. Gomez, 741 F.3d 10, 20-1 (9th Cir. 2014), and the pendency of this 

action does not give the Court jurisdiction over staff at Pleasant Valley State Prison, Summers v. 

Earth Island Institute, 555 U.S. 488, 493, 129 S.Ct. 1142, 1149 (2009); Lujan v. Defenders of 

Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 559-61, 112 S.Ct. 2130 (1992); Mayfield v. United States, 599 F.3d 964, 

969 (9th Cir. 2010).

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Accordingly, Plaintiff=s motion for priority law library status is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 21, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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