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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

L. QIYAM POGUE, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. CIV S-05-1873 MCE GGH P

vs.

JEANNE WOODFORD, Director of

the California Department of Corrections,

et al., ORDER

Defendants.

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Plaintiffs are state prisoners proceeding pro se. Plaintiffs seek relief pursuant to

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff Pogue has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See

Order, filed on October 13, 2005. Although upon screening the complaint, the court determined

that this case might be appropriate for appointment of counsel, voluntary counsel could not be

procured. See Orders, filed on October 13, 2005, and on January 13, 2005. 

Plaintiff Pogue has filed a motion, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), to substitute

Roderick Hickman, defendant Woodford’s successor as Director of the California Department of

Corrections (CDC), now the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). 

Plaintiffs seek both prospective injunctive relief and money damages. While at the time plaintiff

made his motion, Mr. Hickman was evidently the appointed director, the court finds it

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appropriate that the current Acting Secretary of CDCR, James E. Tilton, be substituted in, in his

official cap acity, for defendant Woodford, former CDC Director (and, thereafter, former Acting

Secretary of the CDC), in her official capacity. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s January 25, 2006, motion to substitute the proper party, in an official

capacity, as defendant, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), is granted;

2. James E. Tilton, Acting Secretary of the California Department of Corrections

and Rehabilitation, is substituted in as defendant, in his official capacity, in the place of

defendant Woodford, in her official capacity only; and

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to modify the court’s docket of this case to

show that CDCR Acting Secretary James E. Tilton has been substituted in as defendant in his

official capacity only.

DATED: 9/7/06 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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