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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

DANNY JAMES COHEA,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-2260 GEB KJM P

vs.

J. SALTER, et al., 

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prison inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 7, 2007, this court found service appropriate for defendants Turner,

Sims, Salter and Kennedy, but not for defendant Johnson. 

On March 23, 2007, plaintiff filed a motion for an order directing service on

defendant Johnson. In the complaint, plaintiff alleged that defendant Johnson filed a falsified

rules violation report; that the incident was referred for possible felony prosecution, but that the

District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute; and that plaintiff was found not guilty of the

rules violation. Complaint at 4-7. Because the allegedly false information was not relied upon

to a constitutionally significant degree, the court found that the complaint did not state a claim

against defendant Johnson. Paine v. Baker, 595 F.2d 197, 201 (4th Cir. 1979).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s March 23, 2007 motion

for an order directing service on defendant Johnson is denied. 

DATED: April 5, 2007. 

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