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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Order (No: 4:13-cv-04635-CW (LB)) 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

EDWIN J. HUTCHINSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA PRISON INDUSTRY 

AUTHORITY, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:13-cv-04635-CW (LB) 

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

“MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO CONDUCT DISCOVERY” 

[RE: ECF NO. 97]

Edwin Hutchinson, who is an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, alleges that he has 

“industrial lung injury” as a result of being exposed to asbestos while he was employed by the 

California Prison Industry Authority (“CALPIA”). (Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 39.)1

The district judge found two claims that are cognizable: (1) an Eighth Amendment claim against 

Andrew Deems, the CEO of Health Care Services at San Quentin for creating a policy, procedure 

or practice that prevented the testing and treatment of inmates for symptoms from exposure to 

asbestos and lead, and (2) an Eighth Amendment claim against five CALPIA employees (Ron 

Glass, Gary Loredo, Philip Earley, Luu Rogers, and Brad Smith) for concealing from Mr. 

Hutchinson and from Dr. Cranshaw (Mr. Hutchinson’s doctor at San Quentin) the fact that Mr. 

Hutchinson had been exposed to asbestos or lead, thereby preventing him from receiving a 

 

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