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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

DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. BARRIOS, H. HERNANDEZ, D. 

WHITE and FNU GUTIERREZ

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-00054-HBK (PC)

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW 

CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT GUTIERREZ

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FROM THIS 

ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE 

SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO 

EFFECTUATE SERVICE

(Doc. No. 33)

Plaintiff Durrell Anthony Puckett (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff proceeds on his 

first amended complaint (“FAC”) against Defendants Barrios, Hernandez, White, and Gutierrez 

for subjecting Plaintiff to unconstitutional conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth 

Amendment. (See Doc. No. 12). 

On February 17, 2023, the Court issued an order directing service on Defendant Gutierrez

under the Court’s E-Service pilot program for civil rights cases for the Eastern District of 

California. (Doc. No. 18.) The order included information only identifying Gutierrez as a 

Correctional Officer with the last name Gutierrez. (Id. at 2.) On May 4, 2023, the Court received 

information that Defendant Gutierrez could not be identified. (Doc. No. 23). Accordingly, on 

June 8, 2023, the Court issued an order to show cause why Defendant Gutierrez should not be 

dismissed from this action for failure to provide sufficient information to effectuate service and 

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directed Plaintiff to file a response within thirty days. (Doc. No. 31.) 

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s response, filed June 23, 2023. (ECF No. 33.) In 

his response, Plaintiff provides the following information regarding Defendant Gutierrez “He 

worked 3rd watch (5) five days a week on 3A03 2021 Jan-Feb. He was White’s partner.” (Id. at 

1). The undersigned notes that Plaintiff’s FAC previously identified Gutierrez as a Correctional 

Officer at CSP-Corcoran. (See Doc. No. 12). 

In light of the additional identifying information provided for Defendant Gutierrez, the 

Court will discharge the order to show cause and order a second attempt to serve Defendant 

Gutierrez based on the new information provided.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. The June 8, 2023 order to show cause, (Doc. No. 31), is DISCHARGED; and

2. The Court will issue a separate order regarding E-Service on Defendant Gutierrez.

Dated: June 26, 2023 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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