Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_16-cv-00517/USCOURTS-caed-2_16-cv-00517-2/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ETUATE SEKONA, No. 2:16-CV-0517-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

F. CUSTINO, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 636(c) and no other party has been served or appeared in the action. Pending before the court

are plaintiff’s motions for injunctive relief (Docs. 9 and 25). 

In both motions, plaintiff complains of prison conditions at Mule Creek State

Prison as well as California State Prison – Sacramento. A review of the record, however, reflects

that plaintiff has been transferred to Kern Valley State Prison. Where a prisoner is seeking

injunctive relief with respect to conditions of confinement, the prisoner’s transfer to another

prison renders the request for injunctive relief moot, unless there is some evidence of an

expectation of being transferred back. See Prieser v. Newkirk, 422 U.S. 395, 402-03 (1975);

1

Case 2:16-cv-00517-DMC Document 28 Filed 02/03/17 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Johnson v. Moore, 948 F.3d 517, 519 (9th Cir. 1991) (per curiam). 

Because plaintiff has not presented evidence of an expectation of being transferred

back to either Mule Creek State Prison or California State Prison – Sacramento, plaintiff’s

motions for injunctive relief with respect to conditions at those institutions are moot. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motions for injunctive

relief (Docs. 9 and 25) are denied. 

DATED: February 3, 2017

______________________________________

CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

2

Case 2:16-cv-00517-DMC Document 28 Filed 02/03/17 Page 2 of 2