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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

Jeffrey Marshall,

Plaintiff, Case No. 04-1694 LKK PAN P

vs. Order

Gary R. Stanton,

Defendants.

-oOoPlaintiff is a pretrial detainee prosecuting this civil

rights action without counsel and in forma pauperis. He requests

the court certify this matter as a class action. See Fed. R.

Civ. P. 23.

Pro se prisoners have neither the authority to represent

anyone but themselves nor the competence to protect the interests

of other prisoners as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 23. See

Russell v. United States, 308 F.2d 98 (9th Cir. 1962); Oxendine

v. Williams, 509 F.2d 1405, 1407 (4th Cir. 1975). Since

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plaintiff proceeds pro se, he cannot represent a class. 

I therefore deny plaintiff’s October 14, 2005, motion.

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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