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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HAROLD LEE BRITTON,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-04-0472 LKK GGH P

vs.

JEANNE S. WOODFORD, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983. Plaintiff requests that the court substitute the names of the successors in office as the

named defendants in this action. “When a public officer is a party to an action in his official

capacity and during its pendency...ceases to hold office, ... the officer’s successor is automatically

substituted as a party.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d)(1). As plaintiff sues the California Department of

Corrections Director and Chairman of the Board of Prison Terms in their official capacity for

prospective injunctive relief, the current office holders are automatically substituted in as

defendants. 

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court modify the names of

the defendants in the court’s file as follows: Jeanne S. Woodford, current California Department

of Corrections Director, is substituted in for former CDC Director Alameida, and Margarita E.

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Perez, current Chairwoman of the Board of Prison Terms, is substituted in for former BPT

Chairman Hepburn. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d)(1).

DATED: 6/14/05

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

GGH:009

brit0472.25(d)

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