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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM TOWNSEND,

Plaintiff,

v.

D.K. SISTO, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:09-cv-2342 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a motion asking that the court take “judicial notice” of certain mental 

health problems from which plaintiff allegedly suffers. While plaintiff does not indicate for what 

purpose, the court assumes for trial.

Generally speaking, the court can judicially notice something as fact if it is “generally 

known within the . . . court’s . . . jurisdiction” or it “can be accurately and readily be determined 

from sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.” Fed. R. Evid. 201(b). Plaintiff’s 

mental health problems do not fall into either category. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for judicial notice (ECF 

No. 145) is denied. 

Dated: August 3, 2016

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towns2342.jn

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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