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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLENE STITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-00947 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

VICTORIA GREEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-00973 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

TREMAINE CARROLL,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-00974 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

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JONATHAN ROBERTSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-00975 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

FANCY MOORE LIPSEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-00976 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

RAYSHAWN HART,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-00977 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

CRYSTAL GRAHAM

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-01323 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

ROXANNE PURDAGONE,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-01324 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

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ZENAIDA CORDOVA

Plaintiff,

v.

GREG RODRIGUEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:24-cv-00482 KES GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

NOTE RELATION OF ALL CASES IN CASE 

CAPTION OF EACH MATTER’S DOCKET

Plaintiffs in the above-referenced cases are state prisoners who have filed civil rights 

actions seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. All Plaintiffs are represented by the same counsel. 

The matters were referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

On December 12, 2023, in the Stith matter – Stith v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv00947 NODJ GSA – which is the earliest-filed action in this series of cases, the Chief District 

Judge issued an order that related the following cases to it:

• Stith v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00947 NODJ GSA;

• Green v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00973 NODJ GSA;

• Carroll v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00974 NODJ GSA;

• Robertson v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00975 NODJ GSA;

• Lipsey v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00976 NODJ GSA;

• Hart v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00977 NODJ GSA;

• Graham v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-01323 NODJ GSA, and

• Purdagone v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-01324 NODJ GSA.

See generally Stith, ECF No. 20.

Since then, each of these matters has been reassigned to District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff. 

See, e.g., Stith, ECF No. 22 (order reassigning matter to new district judge). In addition, on May 

24, 2024, Judge Sherriff related it to the other above-referenced matters. See Cordova, ECF No. 

11. As a result, there are now nine matters in the Stith litany of cases that are related.

Having reviewed the case captions of the dockets for each of the above-referenced matters

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they do not all reflect that these matters are related to one another. Some of the case captions in 

the dockets identify a few of the related matters. See, e.g., Purdagone (case caption of docket 

noting two other related matters). Other dockets identify all of them. See, e.g., Cordova (case 

caption of docket noting eight other related matters). Consequently, there is a potential for 

confusion when accessing each of these matters on the docket. Therefore, the Court will order 

the Clerk of Court to update the dockets in each of the above-referenced cases to reflect that all 

nine matters are related to one another.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall update the case 

captions on the dockets of each of the following cases to reflect that they are all related:

• Stith v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00947 KES GSA;

• Green v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00973- KES GSA;

• Carroll v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00974 KES GSA;

• Robertson v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00975 KES GSA;

• Lipsey v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00976 KES GSA;

• Hart v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-00977 KES GSA;

• Graham v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-01323 KES GSA;

• Purdagone v. State of California, No. 1:23-cv-01324 KES GSA, and

• Cordova v. Rodriguez, No. 1:24-cv-00482 KES GSA.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 5, 2024 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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